RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER SPEAKS FOR WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Award-winning photographer and rural advocate Fiona Lake will present at the Australian Women in Agriculture (AWiA) general meeting to be held at the Toowoomba Show on Saturday, April 1.
Fiona’s talk will include examples of her entrepreneurial habits, triumphing over obstacles, the compromises women make and changes she has seen in the bush.
It will be illustrated with favourite images taken across Australia over several decades.
For almost 30 years Fiona Lake has been dedicated to explaining the life of ‘out of sight, out of mind’ remote Australian residents to foster respect, preservation of culture and more equitable government policies.
Career highlights include being invited to speak at the inaugural Farmers on Film festival in the UK and the first Australian appointed to the three-person judging panel for the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists ‘Star Prize for Photography’.
Fiona is also one of the few photographers to have had an exhibition opened by the Governor General of Australia, Major General Michael Jeffery, at the Australian Stockmen’s Hall of Fame.
She is this year’s Queensland Rural Press Club ‘social media’ award winner.
The event will bring together agricultural women from across Queensland and interstate to enjoy a gourmet brunch, network and hear Fiona’s inspiring story.
AWiA president Sarah Parker is looking forward to having Fiona at the event.
“We’re excited to have Fiona joining us for what promises to be an uplifting morning,” she said.
“AWiA is proud to be collaborating with Toowoomba Show to provide the opportunity for agricultural women both local and from interstate to come together, engage with the board and develop their networks.”
For further information please contact Sarah Parker at president@awia.org.au or 0418 883 250.