Greg Newington is a multi award winning photographer who has worked as a photographer and editor for newspaper and publishing companies in Australia, The US and The Middle East for more than 50 years and his photographs and illustrations have appeared in over 300 publications worldwide. He was Director of Photography for Australia’s Fairfax Business Media Group (now Nine Media) for 11 years, overseeing the management and creative direction of 2 newspapers and 16 magazines. Greg spent three years as the Photographic Editor of Australia’s national daily “The Australian” and has worked extensively in the field as a news photographer and Photo Journalist in Somalia, The Sudan, South Africa, Bosnia, Cambodia, China, Laos and Vietnam. In 1988 Greg’s News photography won him a first prize in The Australian Press Photographer of The Year awards and he was recognised for his portrait of Nelson Mandela. Greg won The Nikon Walkley Award for his News Photographs in 1992 and 1993. In 2005 Greg was Head of Photography for Motivate Publishing in The United Arab Emirates where he was responsible for the visual content and creative direction of their extensive stable of magazines and books. An experienced world traveller and photo-journalist Greg hosts and conducts photographic adventure workshops in The US, Mexico, Canada and The Carribean and lectures regularly at The Bascom Centre for The Arts in Highlands North Carolina. Currently freelancing in Australia and back in his home town of Adelaide he offers specialised workshop experiences tailored specifically for beginners through to advanced amateurs and his photography sells worldwide through selected galleries and agencies. Greg has illustrated and photographed the cover images for the 'Sam Call' series of novels by Matthew Eberz, 'A Single Seed' by Phoebe Fraser, '41 Photographers of The Middle East' collection and The children’s book ‘Grandmama’s World' by Gwen Bullock. He has recently completed a year long coffee table book project for The Historical Society Of Georgia and the ACCG, 'Courthouses Of Georgia' for which he photographed all 159 courthouses in the State of Georgia and which has since been recognised by The National Library Of America winning the award for the best reference book of 2014.
