Andrew Quilty is an Australian

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...

based in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

Career

After graduating from a

TAFE Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational cours ...

photography course in 2004, Quilty undertook an informal

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Fairfax Media Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald' ...

which led to full-time employment.About Andrew Quilty
Andrew Quilty website. Retrieved 10 April 2019. Quilty left Fairfax in 2010 and became a freelance photographer in

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, before he relocated to

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. In 2013, Quilty visited Afghanistan where he says he discovered his "bonafide purpose and fulfilment" in his work, deciding to be permanently based in Kabul. Throughout his career, Quilty's photography has been recognised with a number of awards. Most notably, Quilty was awarded the

Gold Walkley The Gold Walkley is the major award of the Walkley Awards The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic ...

in 2016. The award was presented to Quilty in recognition for "The Man on the Operating Table", a photograph of hospital patient Baynazar Mohammed Nazar lying dead on an operating table in the

Kunduz Trauma Centre The Kunduz Trauma Centre was a hospital operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan from 29 August 2011 until 3 October 2015 when it was Kunduz hospital airstrike, destroyed in an airstrike by a United States Air Force Lockh ...

, run by

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; pronounced ), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) or charity of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases. M ...

, after the 2015 American airstrike which killed 42 people and injured over 30 others. His first book, ''August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan'', was published in 2022.

Personal life

Quilty is the cousin of painter

Ben Quilty Ben Quilty (born 1973) is an Australian artist and social commentator, who has won a series of painting prizes: the 2014 Prudential Eye Award, 2011 Archibald Prize, and 2009 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. He has been described as one of Aus ...

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* 1981 births Living people 21st-century Australian journalists Australian expatriates in Afghanistan Australian expatriates in the United States Australian photojournalists National Geographic photographers {{Australia-journalist-stub