In the CORRIDORS OF POWER
When Fairfax Media's Alex Ellinghausen was named Canberra Press Gallery Journalist of the Year last September, it was the first time a photographer had won Australia's most prestigious award for political journalism.
"Alex's work consistently captures the fine detail and drama of political events,” commented the judging panel, comprised of press gallery peers. “It often does as much – and often more – than any piece of writing to analyse, break news, highlight the atmosphere and expose the unvarnished truth of a story.”
Ellinghausen, who was born and grew up in Singapore, and did three years of military service in the Singapore Army, moved to Australia in 2006 when he was 23. He was a photographer at the Bendigo Advertiser in Victoria for three years before taking up his current role in 2011, shooting for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Australian Financial Review.
Your career in political photojournalism has spanned a very volatile period in Australian politics –
