{{short description|Australian photojournalist}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Andrew Quilty''' is an Australian photojournalist based in Afghanistan.<ref>Reynolds, Emma (16 April 2015) [https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/australian-photographer-captures-faces-of-afghanistans-starving-children/news-story/cc43fb7d2ef06b4c280cfefef02c4077 Australian photographer captures faces of Afghanistan's starving children], ''news.com.au'', News Corp Australia. Retrieved 10 April 2019.</ref><ref>Adams, Phillip (21 March 2019) [https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/andrew-quilty/10926436 Andrew Quilty on life in Afghanistan], ''Late Night Live'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.</ref>
== Career == After graduating from a TAFE photography course in 2004, Quilty undertook an informal internship at Fairfax Media which led to full-time employment.<ref name=bio>[https://www.andrewquilty.com/about About Andrew Quilty], Andrew Quilty website. Retrieved 10 April 2019.</ref> Quilty left Fairfax in 2010 and became a freelance photographer in Sydney, before he relocated to New York.<ref name=bio/>
In 2013, Quilty visited Afghanistan where he says he discovered his "bonafide purpose and fulfilment" in his work, deciding to be permanently based in Kabul.<ref name=bio/><ref>Dwyer, Genevieve (12 August 2016) [https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2016/08/11/what-makes-photographer-pack-his-life-and-relocate-Afghanistan What makes a photographer pack up his life and relocate to Afghanistan], SBS Life, Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 10 April 2019.</ref>
Throughout his career, Quilty's photography has been recognised with a number of awards.<ref name=bio/><ref>Harris, Julia (20 June 2008) [http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/06/20/2280495.htm Outback photo on world stage], ABC North West Queensland, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.</ref>
Most notably, Quilty was awarded the Gold Walkley in 2016.<ref>(2 December 2016) [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-02/walkley-awards-2016/8089070 Walkley Awards: Andrew Quilty wins gold for photo of Kundaz hospital bombing aftermath], ''ABC News'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 April 2019.</ref> The award was presented to Quilty in recognition for "The Man on the Operating Table", a photograph of hospital patient Baynazar Mohammed Nazar lying dead on an operating table in the Kunduz Trauma Centre, run by Médecins Sans Frontières, after the 2015 American airstrike which killed 42 people and injured over 30 others.<ref>Zwartz, Henry (5 December 2016) [https://www.smh.com.au/national/photojournalist-andrew-quilty-on-story-behind-his-walkley-award-winning-image-20161205-gt3xqx.html Photojournalist Andrew Quilty on story behind his Walkley Award winning image], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 10 April 2019.</ref>
Quilty was involved in uncovering the killing of Dad Mohammad by Australian soldiers, and has been identified as a prosecution witness in the trial of the soldier responsible.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aussie journalist barred from war crime hearing after surprise appearance |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8940477/journalist-barred-from-war-crime-hearing-after-surprise/ |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=11 April 2025 |first1=Alex |last1=Mitchell |first2=Miklos |last2=Bolza}}</ref>
His first book, ''August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan'', was published in 2022.
== Personal life== Quilty is the cousin of painter Ben Quilty.<ref>{{cite web | last=Turner | first=Brook | title=Ben Quilty on the burden of being Australia's artist from central casting | website=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=22 February 2019 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/ben-quilty-on-the-burden-of-being-australia-s-artist-from-central-casting-20190219-p50ypb.html | access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
== Bibliography == {{Incomplete list |date=April 2026}}{{bots|deny=Citation bot}}
* {{cite journal |author=Quilty, Andrew |date=September 2021 |title=When the raids came : the war's toll on one Afghan family |journal=Harper's Magazine |volume=343 |issue=2056 |pages=41–51 |url=https://harpers.org/archive/2021/09/when-the-raids-came-afghanistan-war-toll-on-one-afghan-family |url-access=limited <!--|access-date=2026-04-11-->}} * {{cite book |author=Quilty, Andrew |author-mask=1 |title=August in Kabul : America's last days in Afghanistan |location=Carlton, Vic. |publisher=Melbourne University Press |date=2022 <!--|isbn=9780522878769-->}}
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== External links == *{{official|https://www.andrewquilty.com/}} {{authority control}}
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