Mitchell Burns

Mitchell Burns is an Australian photographer, social media influencer, and former miner. After growing up as a coal miner, he became a full-time photographer in 2022. He released his memoir, Life, Camera, Action, in 2024.

Biography Burns was born in Mareeba and raised in the tiny mining town of Bluff, Queensland, where, according to him, it was assumed that you would become a coal miner, and life revolved around it. He is of Sicilian heritage. At the age of seven, he got a disposable camera, and began photographing things around him. After graduating high school, he began working fly-in fly-out mining work, but soon noticed his mental health began to suffer.

Some notable shots he's taken include a helicopter shot of the Great Barrier Reef and a shot of Uluru in the rain, as well as a shot of Rigby Falls near Mount Isa. His best-known social media reel, made on Christmas Day 2022, is one of him demonstrating the extraction of secretions from shampoo ginger, which can be used as a natural shampoo.

In September 2024, he published his memoir, Life, Camera, Action.

He has collaborated with nonprofit Odonata Foundation to photograph animals and promote support of endangered animals. He has also collaborated with Nautica to promote their men's red cologne. and create his own TV show.