The smallest moments

When the coronavirus pandemic upended life as we knew it, the effect on documentary and news photographer Sean Davey’s personal work was not perhaps what one might imagine.

For twenty years the Canberra native has made a name for himself working with editorial publications, corporate organisations, not-for-profits and government departments. Sean’s work has garnered commendations from the likes of World Press Photo (Contemporary Issues category in 2020), National Photographic Portrait Prize (Runner-Up 2016), the Olive Cotton Portrait Prize and the Moran Contemporary Photography Prize (Highly Commended 2009) competitions.

In 2017 he was commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to photograph the winding down of the Australian Government’s Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, a commission that enabled him to continue his personal documentary work in the country. The images from this month long commission were later exhibited at Parliament House and PhotoAccess in Canberra,