BOOKS

Books by Mitchell Burns

Memoir, photography and stories from a life spent following light.

Mitchell Burns in the field with a Fujifilm camera and FUJINON telephoto lens
BOOKS

Mitchell’s books extend the photographs into longer stories about work, travel, place and the decisions behind the images. His writing includes the memoir Life, Camera, Action and ongoing photographic and editorial projects.

AUTHOR

The photographs are only part of the story.

Books give Mitchell room to connect the work to the road behind it — the jobs, wrong turns, remote places, people and decisions that sit outside the frame.

MEMOIR

Life, Camera, Action

Mitchell’s memoir traces the move from regional Queensland and FIFO mining into a full-time life in photography.

PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK

Where the Light Leads

A long-form photographic book project bringing together landscapes and field work from years spent following light across Australia and beyond.

WRITING

Field Notes

Shorter essays, observations and stories from the road continue through Field Notes.

READ MORE

Start with Life, Camera, Action.

Explore the memoir or continue into Field Notes for shorter writing from the road.

LIFE, CAMERA, ACTION