Narelle Autio

Narelle Autio (born 1969) is an Australian photographer. She is a member of the In-Public street photography collective and is a founding member of the Oculi photographic agency. She is married to the photographer Trent Parke, with whom she often collaborates. She has won two Walkley Awards for photojournalism, two first prize World Press Photo awards, and the Oskar Barnack Award.

Early life and education Narelle Autio was born in 1969 in the Adelaide suburb of Henley Beach.

Autio attended art school at 17 years old after finishing her secondary education. Her first artist pursuits were painting and drawing, but during her first year of tertiary study she was exposed to photography as an artform.

This was followed in 2002 by the series Not of this Earth. Her solo show in 2004, Watercolours, continued her exploration of Australians at leisure. She followed this in 2010 with the show The Summer of Us, a document of what is left behind on the beach, naturally and by humankind.

In 2001 and 2006, Autio was selected in the Australian Art Collector magazine's "Australia's 50 Most Collectable Artists".

Autio joined the In-Public street photography collective in 2001. She is a founding member of Oculi, an independent, collective photographic agency. Her work is distributed by Agence Vu.

is based in Adelaide. 2018: The Summation of Force, an eight-channel video work, premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2001: First prize, Nature stories category, World Press Photo Award 2000, with Trent Parke (for "Australian Roadkill" series) 2001: listed as one of the 50 most collected Australian artists by Art Collector magazine 2002: First prize, Arts and Entertainment category, World Press Photo Award 2001 2002: Oskar Barnack Award for her series Coastal Dwellers (the only Australian thus far to win the award) 2001: again listed as one of the 50 most collected Australian artists by Art Collector magazine 2018: VR award at Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam, for The Summation of Force