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The projectile cuts through the frame as the backblast erupts behind an Australian soldier firing a rocket launcher during live-fire training at Mount Bundy, Northern Territory, on 29 May 2026. The image captures the precision, force and explosive energy of the blast.

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2026

Honorable Mention

Photojournalism

Professional

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The projectile cuts through the frame as the backblast erupts behind an Australian soldier firing a rocket launcher during live-fire training at Mount Bundy, Northern Territory, on 29 May 2026. The image captures the precision, force and explosive energy of the blast.

About Artist

Michael Currie

Michael Currie is a Melbourne-based Australian photojournalist, documentary photographer and editorial photographer with over a decade of photographic experience. His work covers people, news, protests, military life and major events, combining journalistic instinct with respectful, decisive visual storytelling. Through Australian Army public affairs photography, he has documented military life, training and the people behind the uniform. His independent assignments examine contemporary Australian life, conflict, resilience and community. His photographs have been published by TIME, The Age, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, ABC, SBS and Australian Associated Press (AAP). Currie works in a direct documentary style, creating honest, context-rich images for editorial, institutional and public audiences.

Michael Currie

Photographic Areas of Focus

People, Photojournalism, Portrait, Street

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Australia

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