Suzanna Clarke
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Suzanna Clarke is a writer, photographer and journalist. She was born in New Zealand and now lives in Brisbane, Australia.
She works as a photographer, reviewer, travel and feature writer for The Courier-Mail. Suzanna Clarke has been a professional photographer for over twenty years. Her first project, on children with disabilities, was exhibited in Sydney when she was just sixteen. After studying contemporary dance in Amsterdam in her early twenties and travelling extensively, she returned to a BA Communications degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has since completed an MA in Creative Writing at Queensland University of Technology and worked there as a part-time lecturer. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Clarke worked as a freelance photographer for editorial, commercial and government clients. These included The Australian newspaper, The Age newspaper, Travel and Life magazine (now Conde Nast Traveler), New Scientist, Illustrated Science (Scandinavia), The Bulletin/Newsweek, Australian Country Style, WWF, The Australian Tourism Commission and The NSW & NT Tourism Commissions. Her photographic work has been the subject of major government exhibitions and her last novel was shortlisted for the Premier's Literary Awards.
Her travel and news photography covers many countries including, Morocco, Greece, Vietnam, the Czech Republic, Eire, France, Italy, Austria, Australia, Indonesia, East Timor, New Zealand and the UK.
Her photographs can be seen on the web pages she shares with her husband the writer and broadcaster Sandy McCutcheon.
In 2006 Suzanna Clarke will complete a book on the restoration of their house in the old medina of the Moroccan city of Fes for Penguin books.
