Brendan McCarthy is a multi award winning photojournalist and photographer with over 20 years experience in the print and online news and magazine publishing industry. In addition to covering local and regional news during an 18 year career with Fairfax Media, his work has also appeared in Lonely Planet Publications, Slow Magazine, Asian Geographic, National Geographic Online and National Geographic textbooks. In addition to his hands-on work, Brendan has also taught and mentored photography in both formal and informal settings. Now working as a freelance photographer based in Central Victoria, his passion for “telling the story” through pictures remains undiminished.