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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.




Mud, Glorious Mud

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. in Photojournalism on November 6th, 2008

I was crouching in mud up to my knees trying to get a good angle of a farmer planting seedlings. Each time I tried to move, dollops of mud splashed over my camera and clothes. Already I had lost my shoes in the mud, so I had to abandon them and fish them out later [...]

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