PUBLISHED
Simon & Schuster Australia
Published in 2024 as Mitchell Burns’ first memoir.
LIFE, CAMERA, ACTION
The road before the photographs.
Mitchell Burns’ memoir about work, risk and the decision to build a life around photography.
MEMOIR
Published by Simon & Schuster Australia in 2024, Life, Camera, Action follows Mitchell from regional Queensland and FIFO coal mining into a full-time life in photography. It is a story about work, risk, ambition and changing direction before the outcome is guaranteed.
THE MEMOIR
A story about work, risk and changing direction.
Life, Camera, Action follows Mitchell from regional Queensland and a decade of FIFO coal mining into the uncertain process of becoming a full-time photographer. It is less a manual for photography than a record of what it takes to change the shape of a life while you are still living it.
THEMES
Work & reinvention
Mining, photography, ambition, uncertainty and the cost of choosing a less predictable path.
FORMAT
Print & audio
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