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Roo shooter's offsider, 2017

by Adam Ferguson

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 Finalist

Dwayne John, aged 30 from Broken Hill, works as a kangaroo shooter’s offsider. 70 times a night, after a roo jolts and falls in the spotlight, Dwayne hauls the carcass onto the back of a truck. I made this picture of Dwayne in the early hours of a hot morning on Plumbago Station in South Australia. To me, Dwayne holding this kangaroo symbolises the human attempt to tame the land.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018

Other NPPP photos from Adam Ferguson

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) employee, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, May 2022 Adam Ferguson
2023 Finalist
Carlos Soyos, 34, a migrant from Guatemala City, Guatemala and his son, Enderson Soyos, 8, take a self portrait at El Buen Samaritano migrants shelter, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2021 Adam Ferguson
2022 Highly Commended
Morteza Arefifar, Manus Island Detention Centre, 2017 by Adam Ferguson
2019 Finalist
Jokowi, Indonesia, 2014 by Adam Ferguson
2015 Finalist
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