Michael Coyne

Michael Coyne is an accomplished Australian photojournalist and educator with over 40 years of experience in photography. He is currently a lecturer at the Photography Studies College in Melbourne and holds the title of Honorary Lecturer at Hong Kong University.

Coyne has documented significant global events and conflicts, including the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, and his work has been featured in prestigious publications such as Time, Life, Newsweek, and National Geographic. His photographic style emphasizes the human experience, focusing on how people cope with crises rather than the conflicts themselves.123

He has received numerous accolades for his contributions to photography, including the Centenary Medal awarded by the Australian Government and an Honorary Fellowship from the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP). Coyne has also published several books and has been the subject of documentaries that explore his life and work.134

In academia, he completed a PhD on Documentary Photography and has previously served as an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne.34 His contributions to the field extend beyond photography, as his life has been dramatized in plays that reflect the challenges he faced as a photojournalist.2