BIO

Madeline Begley is a visual storyteller based in south-east Queensland.

She recently returned to Brisbane after three years living and working in regional New South Wales. Based in Wagga Wagga, she worked as both an editorial photographer at The Daily Advertiser and a camera operator and editor with 7NEWS Riverina.

In 2021 she was a freelance photographic contributor to The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. 

EDUCATION

2017

Bachelor of Photography with Distinction, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia

2014

Bachelor of Design (Architectural Studies) with Honours, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

2013

Studied at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

AWARDS

2018

Top 10 (5th place) in student category, Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2018 

Top 20 in documentary/photojournalism category, Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2018 

2017

C.R. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Photographic Documentary Practice in still and moving image

2017, 2016, 2015

Griffith Awards for Academic Excellence

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Disruption, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, 2020

QCA Showcase Graduate Exhibition, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, 2017

Within/ Without, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia, 2017

Nepal Non-Fiction, Chyasal, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2016.

Student Showcase, Goa International Photo Festival, Goa, India, 2016

The Power of Community, Maud Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 2016

80 Years of Caring, Brisbane City Council Chermside Library, Brisbane, Australia, 2016


PUBLICATIONS

How to See Kathmandu, Editions 1 & 2, 2016



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