Michael Coyne (photographer)
Michael Coyne (born 1945) is an Australian photojournalist. He has traveled extensively and photographed subjects including conflict, refugees and indigenous communities. Coyne's work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Australian War Memorial and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 2001, he received the Centenary Medal from the Australian Government. Photojournalism

In 1985, Coyne was on assignment in post revolutionary Iran. News Ltd journalist Suzanne Clarke wrote that "Coyne says he is not drawn to war seeking adventure and adrenalin. "I am more interested in the people. I am not interested in the soldiers . . . but in how the people are coping."" Academia 
He obtained his doctorate through publication, "A Life in Documentary Practice". He is a lecturer and mentor at Australia's Photography Studies College, and previously was granted the title of adjunct professor at RMIT in Melbourne in 2003. Plays about Coyne
Coyne's life has been documented in writer Graeme Pitts' plays, Tour of Duty and Second Spring – a Letter To My Daughter, which explore some of the tensions and apprehensions experienced by him in relation to his work as a photojournalist. Publications

Books by Coyne

Tour of Duty - East Timor. Melbourne: Australia-East Timor Association, 2002. With an essay by Graham Pitts. . No Cheap Shots. 2006. Books with one other

Books with contributions by Coyne
The Jew called Jesus

War – A South Collection #1 (T&G)

Awards
2001: Centenary Medal from the Australian Government in recognition of his contribution to "Australian society and photography"

Collections
Coyne's work is held in the following permanent collections:
National Gallery of Victoria: seven of Coyne's Iran images
Australian War Memorial: images from Coyne's Iran project
Monash Gallery of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: 1 print (as of 18 April 2023)

Exhibitions
 Mont Blanc Gallery, Hong Kong, 2001. The exhibition also include a lecture on photjournalism and a performance of "Second Spring". The Daylesford Foto Biennelle, 2005, featured  30 of Coyne's images, witrh  more than 100 also being presented on screen. New Guinea on Mobile, 2013
 Villages – Hearing the Grass Grow, Tafe Sydney Institute of Photography, 2012
 Insiders & outsiders, Alison Stieven-Taylor, Brian Cassey, Mouneb Taim, Giles Clarke, 2022
 Paper Tigers, Delmar Gallery, Victoria Street, Ashfield NSW, Australia, 2022

References

External links 
 
 CQ reports 1986 refer to Coyne's National Geographic work in Iran

Documentary photographers
1945 births
Living people