RHETT KLEINE: PHOTOJOURNALIST

Text and Photographic Storyteller

I am a photo and text journalist, currently in my 4th year of my Bachelor of Photography at the Queensland College of Art. In 2020 I acted as assistant managing editor for The Argus before coming on for the founding of the quarterly newsletter MiddleGround. 

Throughout 2019 I worked across India, documenting stories for the Water Story. From the Nomads in the frozen Himalaya in the North, to indigenous fishermen along its western coastline.

More recently documented stories during lockdown, including how the illicit drug trade was affected and adjusted to the Covid induced lockdowns. My work aims to strike a deeper chord, telling the stories of individuals and tying them into national and global stories - pairing contextual information with a dedication to invoking empathy.