Rory King’s work sits in the hybrid space between documentary practice and personal histories. Primarily shooting his work in black and white and driven extensively by traditional photographic techniques, King is interested in the unseen personalities living on the fringes of society and the relationship between nostalgia, melancholia, and the sublime.
King received the National Gallery of Australia Summer Art Scholarship for photography in 2011, was named one of the up-and-coming artists of 2018 by Vogue, Australia, was the recipient of the Pool Development Grant, by Pool Collective, and was awarded a Full Merit Scholarship and Charcoal Publishing Price by Charcoal Book Club at the 2023 Chico Hot Springs Portfolio Review. Most recently, his work has been published in The New York Times, Harpers Magazine, BLIND, and Polka. He published his debut monograph, ‘Plumwood’ (2022) with Tall Poppy Press, and ‘Gumsucker’ (2025) with Charcoal Press.
King graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in Photography at National Art School in 2017.
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