Narelle Autio (born 1969) is an Australian photographer. Autio is a member of the In-Public street photography collective and is a founding member of the Oculi photographic agency. She is married to the photographer

Trent Parke Trent Parke (born 1971) is an Australian photographer. He is the husband of Narelle Autio, with whom he often collaborates. He has created a number of photography books; won numerous national and international awards including four World Press P ...

, with whom she often collaborates. Autio began exhibiting in 2000, collaborating with her husband Parke on ''The Seventh Wave''. This was followed in 2002 by the series ''Not of this Earth''. Her solo show in 2004, ''Watercolours'', continued her exploration of Australians at leisure. She followed this in 2010 with the show ''The Summer of Us,'' a document of what is left behind on the beach, naturally and by humankind. She has won two

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for journalism, and two first prize

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awards and the Oskar Barnack Award for photography.

Career

Autio was born and raised in Adelaide, completing her Visual Arts degree at the

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. She began her career as a photojournalist at the Adelaide Advertiser before leaving Australia in 1994. She travelled extensively throughout the USA and Europe. In England she worked for numerous UK national newspapers as well as Australia's

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London bureau. Returning home in 1998 she worked as a staff photographer at the ''

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'' until 2003. In 2001 and 2006, Autio was selected in the ''

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'' magazine's "Australia's 50 Most Collectable Artists". Autio joined the In-Public

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collective in 2001. She is a founding member of Oculi, an independent, collective photographic agency. Her work is distributed by

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. She is based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Publications

Books of work by Autio

*''Place in Between.'' London: Stanley/Barker, 2020. .

Publications with contributions by Autio

* ''10 – 10 Years of In-Public''. London:

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, 2010. . *''The Street Photographer's Manual.'' London:

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, 2014. . By David Gibson. Includes a chapter on Autio.

Films

*''The Summation of Force'' – eight channel film directed by Autio, Parke and Matthew Bate

Awards

*2000:

, Australia *2001: First prize, Nature stories category,

Award 2000, with

(for "Australian Roadkill" series) *2002: Walkley Awards, daily life category for "School of Dance", Australia *2002: First prize, Arts and Entertainment category, World Press Photo Award 2001 *2002: Oskar Barnack Award for her series ''Coastal Dwellers''

Exhibitions

* 2000: ''The Seventh Wave'' (with Trent Parke), Stills Gallery, Sydney. * 2002: ''Not of this Earth,'' Stills Gallery, Sydney.Narelle Autio - Not of this Earth
Stills Gallery. Accessed 30 January 2017 * 2002: ''Dva Pivo Prosim (Two Beers Please)'' (with Trent Parke). Stills Gallery, Sydney.Exhibition notices
Stills Gallery. Accessed 15 August * 2002–2004: ''Dream/Life and The Seventh Wave'' (with Trent Parke). Canvas International Art Gallery, Amsterdam, 2002; FotoFreo Photographic Festival, Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, 2004; Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, 2004. * 2010: ''The Summer of Us''. Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. * 2012: ''Water Hole''. Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide. * 2013: ''To the Sea'' (with Trent Parke), Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.

References

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