Trent Parke

Trent Parke is an Australian photographer. He is the husband of Narelle Autio, with whom he often collaborates. He has created a number of photography books; won numerous national and international awards including four World Press Photo awards; and his photographs are held in numerous public and private collections. He is a member of Magnum Photos.

Early life Parke was born in 1971 and brought up in Newcastle, New South Wales. He started photography when he was twelve. At age 13 he watched his mother die from an asthma attack. and The Black Rose. He became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2002 and a member in 2007; the first Australian invited to join.

Documentaries about Parke Dreamlives (2002). Directed and produced by Jennifer Crone. Includes Trent and Autio. Trent Parke: The Black Rose (2015). Directed by Catherine Hunter. Includes Parke, Autio and Geoff Dyer. Broadcast on ABC, 21 April 2015.

Recognition and awards Martin Parr and Gerry Badger say that Parke's first book Dream/Life is "as dynamic a set of street pictures as has been seen outside the United States or Japan".

Awards include: 1996–1998: 5 Gold Lenses, International Olympic Committee. 1999: Second prize, Daily Life category, World Press Photo Award (for "Bathurst Car Races"). 2000: Second prize, Daily Life stories category, World Press Photo Award 1999 (for "The Seventh Wave"). 2000: Canon photo essay prize, Sasakawa World Sports Awards. 2003: W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. 2005: Third prize, Daily Life category, World Press Photo Award 2004 (for "Wiluna"). 2007: Exhibiting Finalist – Australian National Photographic Portrait Prize. 2014: Winner of Photography category, Prudential Eye Awards by Global Eye Program. 2014: Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2015, Gold medal, Konzeptionell-künstlerische Fotobildbänd (Conceptually-artistic photobook) category, went to Steidl for Minutes to Midnight, along with three other winners.

Exhibitions 2000: The Seventh Wave (with Narelle Autio) – Stills Gallery, Sydney. 2002: Sydney Treasures, Art & About, Sydney. 2005: Colour Work, Stills Gallery, Sydney. 2006: Minutes to Midnight, Wollongong City Gallery 2007: Welcome to Nowhere, Stills Gallery, Sydney. Part of New Blood, Magnum Photos 60th anniversary exhibition. With Antoine D'Agata, Jonas Bendiksen, Mark Power and Alec Soth. 2008: Christmas Tree Bucket, Stills Gallery, Sydney. 2013: To the Sea with Narelle Autio, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. 2013: The Christmas Tree Bucket, National Gallery of Australia, 20 December 2013 – 23 February 2014. 2014: The Camera is God, The 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. 2014: The Camera is God, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. 2015: The Black Rose, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 March – 10 May 2015. Part of the 2015 Adelaide Festival. The Crimson Line, Hugo Michell Gallery, 31 October – 23 November 2019

Collections Parke's work is held in the following public collections: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne: 7 prints (as of November 2018) National Library of Australia Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney: 1 print (as of November 2018) University of Sydney Union, University of Sydney, Sydney