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Hong Kong-based Black Star photographer Michael Coyne has worked on assignments and appeared in magazines such as Newsweek, Life, Time, National Geographic and the Smithsonian. His numerous awards include: American National Press Photographers Association, Overseas Press Club of America, New York Art Directors Award, Book of the Year, Children’s Book of the Year, The Religious Book of the Year. In April 2003 Michael was awarded the "Centenary Medal" by the Australian Government for Service to Photography. His corporate clients include Pepsi, Exxon, McDonalds, Citibank, General Motors and IBM. Michael has been contracted to Black Star for two decades. He is a Doctor of Philosophy (by Publication) and an Adjunct Professor of RMIT University.At the End of the Day, You’ve Just Got to Laugh
Tweet Slowly, I sank up to my knees, the mud sucking me in deeper and deeper. I was standing on a riverbank near the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh, photographing villages that had been flooded. Thinking I’d have a better angle if I got closer to the river, I took a flying leap into what [...]
Previous Stories
- How Many Photographs Will It Take to Make a Difference in the Middle East?
- Photographing Hope on India’s Lifeline Express
- Fleeing Snipers and Soldiers in Bangkok
- Online Magazines Are Energizing Photojournalism
- Photography Free-for-All in Bangkok
- Pretty Girls, Ugly Weather and Other Distractions in China
- On Street Photographers, Spies, Perverts and Pedophiles
- How I Gained Access to a Chinese Coal Mine After the Government Said No
- Being a Photography Contest Judge Can Try Your Patience
- How I Created a Second Income on the Speaking Circuit
- Sometimes, Poking Your Camera into People’s Lives Just Doesn’t Feel Right
- As Long as There Is Passion, There Will Be Great Photojournalism
- Mud, Glorious Mud
- Shaking Off the Minister of Propaganda
- On Mice, Eagles and PhDs
- Return to Hong Qiao: The Harvest Is Next Week
- Documenting Numurkah
- Sometimes It’s Hard to Be Different
- In East Timor, Not Everybody Has a Camera
- A Body of Knowledge on HIV
- Heat and Dust in an Indian Village
- Hanging with Revolutionaries
- Tea, War and Protest in Iran
- How Not to Take Photos of a Thai Temple
- In Rural China, It Helps to Be Optimistic
- The Jesuits: Love Shown in Deeds
- The Other Side of Singapore