Trent Mitchell

Trent Mitchell (b.1979) has been photographing for two decades with a narrative approach focusing on the environment in the broadest possible sense. He has also gained a reputation for his wry yet sensitive take on the manmade world, zeroing in on its various idiosyncrasies and contradictions. On both personal and assigned projects, his work is identified by an ability to not only compose his subject but distill the sensibility of the location and give a true connection to place.

Working across digital and film, in both black and white and colour, this Australian photographer, who has a background in art direction, design and publishing, has received wide recognition internationally. He won the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize in 2015, and has been a finalist for the award over a number of years. He has also been featured in, among others, the International Photography Awards, Sony World Photography Awards, Head On and Australian Life Photographic Prize. His work has been acquired for many public and private collections, including the National Library of Australia. In 2025, ‘Australian Lustre’ was presented in a solo exhibition at the Australian Embassy in Paris.