Axe Me Biggie

An exhibition by Stephen Dupont

World Press Photo and Walkley award winning photographer Stephen Dupont provides a portal into the world of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2006.  Stephen is also a Logie Award winner 2009 for his most recent documentary, 'A Survivors Tale.'

 “Axe Me Biggie” is a basic Anglo-phonetic translation of the Dari for “Mister, take my picture!” When in Afghanistan in April 2006, Stephen Dupont heard this phrase many times. 

Dupont’s portraits capture the faces behind these requests and illustrate a complex situation that defies easy answers. Both sympathy and caution are aroused through his honest photography of the suffering and compassion of the Afghan people. 

Dupont hopes to open up a window into not just these individual lives, but the lives of others. On Stephen Dupont’s last visit to Afghanistan he was injured in a suicide bombing however still continues his courageous work as a photojournalist.

“For two decades Stephen Dupont has epitomised the modern Australian photojournalist.” Sydney Morning Herald