Bringing Stories to Life: A Portfolio of Human Narratives, Global Issues, and Intrepid Travel. — Michael Parfitt

Michael Parfitt Photojournalist

I’m a photojournalist and writer focused on the relationship between people and place. My work spans environmental, cultural, and human stories, published by the ABC, Newcastle Herald, and The Kingfisher Magazine.

Matt Wright found guilty on two counts of hindering chopper crash investigation - ABC Darwin

World Solar Challenge welcomes innovations from across the world to Australian outback - ABC Darwin

Dream it.
Build it.
Grow it.
Sell it.
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New composition tells Yolŋu songline in collaboration with Darwin Symphony Orchestra- ABC Darwin

Vietnam veteran receives war medals after decades of being homeless in Newcastle - ABC Newcastle

Dinner at MiiNE? New York inspired restaurant opens on Darby St - The Newcastle Herald

Roundabout design key to class action by Hunter Valley bus crash victims - ABC Newcastle

Psychiatrist tells NSW jury a woman's multiple personalities developed to help survive alleged sexual abuse - ABC Newcastle

Women at War, Fight Life Centre - (Print Feature) Newcastle Herald

Woman who was trapped upside down in Hunter Valley rock crevice reunited with rescuers - ABC

Hillside organic farm -The Newcastle herald

Unprecedented rainfall may have impacted Nepal’s most devastating Dengue epidemic in years - The Kingfisher Newspaper

Kathmandu Dengue Fever Story
Kathmandu Air Pollution
Kathmandu Local Life
Nepalese Doctors
Kathmandu Pollution
Kathmandu Pollution

"a night to remember". Photo essay - The newcastle herald

First Responders, Central Coast, nsw - Central Coast News

Newcastle, Fight life centre.

Inefficient Cooking Materials & Indoor Pollution Affecting Women in South Asia Story- The Kingfisher Newspaper

Women Cooking, Jaisalmer, India.
Inefficient Cooking Materials
Gas Transportation
Wood Heap
Women Cooking in Narrow Passageway, jodhpur
Street Food, Varanasi

Photo Essay / Personal Projects