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Here is a selection of great stand-alone images from emerging photojournalists at QCA, Griffith University.

Summer leaves the Gold Coast with a bang this year as the worlds best surfers flock to Snapper Rocks for the Quicksilver Pro. Bringing with them hundreds of spectators crowding the shores to watch ASP’s top 34 surfers fight for the crown. But it’s ten-time world champion, Kelly Slater with his unprecedented form who wins [...]

Story by Campbell Matthews This is the story of one man’s journey from childhood to his mid-thirties. Growing up in a destabilised environment, he periodically moved from town to town and never felt settled. From his early teens, boredom, alcohol and drug abuse soon developed into petty crime, which evolved through his teenage years into [...]

Photos and story by Gemima Harvey Pobuly Chanthava was digging up vegetables in 1993 when she hit a cluster bomb with her hoe.“I knew it was dangerous land and my parents warned me of this but my family is poor and we had no choice.” The legacy of a secret war means the poorest people [...]

Even though the photographer may feel revulsion, shock or pity for the subject, none of these emotions has a place in the image. If the humanity of the subject is appreciated, observed and captured, it will speak to the viewer.

Every year on February twelfth, the small Italian town Taggia, is filled with fire. The tradition began in the 10th century when the absence of government left coastal villages open to attack from pirates. The pirates terrorized the villagers; killing and plundering, they set the towns afire before moving on to the next town. As [...]

On the 28th of May this year, women and supporting men all over South-East Queensland grouped together in the Brisbane CBD to protest against the suggestion that rape can be directly linked to what a woman wears.

Story by Ashley Schuman Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after injury or disease. They are a natural part of the body’s evolved reaction to damage. During the journey of this series, I have examined the physical imperfections on the human body through a diverse range of people and the unique [...]

The events of 1989 both transfixed and transformed the world. Two decades later, in our special online feature, we revisit the Velvet Revolution and the aftermath that followed, with reportage from the Czech Republic and Australia. VIEW TWENTY YEARS AFTER: THE CZECH EXPERIENCE

An anti-Islam demonstration organised by the Australian Defence League took place in Brisbane’s King George Square on Saturday, October 6 2011. The small group of demonstrators was quickly overwhelmed by a growing group of left-wing activists who organised a counter protest. The Australian Defence League is an anti-Islam movement that was created after a story, [...]

As Maureen Dowd from the NY Times notes “Cleopatra’s Egypt was modern in ancient times and Mubarak’s Egypt is ancient in modern times.”

Story by Jessica Allardyce Originally from Melbourne, Gary Allardyce moved to the Gold Coast in his forties in search of a lifestyle change. From then on, his life went from divorce to a new family, a life-long profession in computer programming to a new career in real estate; and being financially stable to struggling from week [...]

Story by Rebecca Taylor Despite growing up in Saudi Arabia and residing in America in her youth, Nemat now calls Australia home. She lives here with her three children, working as a registrar in the Gold Coast Hospital ER ward and studying to further her career. Many of the difficult changes she has been through, [...]

“Surely it was only a matter of time before citizens pushed back and we asserted our rights.”

The 2011 season opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix was cancelled, due to the recent unrests in the Middle East and North Africa, therefore the championship instead kicked off with the Qantas Australian Grand Prix.