Event photography: 2025 Academic Freedom Symposium

by Matt Hrkac | Dec 3, 2025 | Events

We were recently hired by the Australian Academy of the Humanities to shoot its Academic Freedom Symposium: The right to enquire?, which took place at the University of Melbourne.

Presenters and speakers included many promonent academics, among them being Peter Greste, formerly a journalist and foreign correspondant, who was sentenced in Egypt to 7 years in prison after being found guilty of 'falsifying news and having a negative impact on overseas perceptions of the country'; and Peter Singer; often considered to be the forefather of the modern animal liberation movement, and one of the co founders of the Victorian Greens; among numerous others.

We provide event photography and videography services in Melbourne and beyond for all sorts of events and conferences. Have an event coming up? Get in contact.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Uncle Bill Nicholson Jr, Wurrundjeri Elder, giving a Welcome to Country.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Mark Edele, inaugural Hansen Professor in History at the University of Melbourne and "a highly regarded specialist of the Soviet Union during World War II"

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Stephen Garton, historian and Professor of History at the University of Sydney.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Sean Turnell, economist and former economic policy advisor to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar. He was detained in Yangon, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Peter Singer.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Peter Greste, journalist, author, media freedom activist and academic at Macquarie University.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Alison Barnes, National President of the National Tertiary Education Union.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Yves Rees, Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University, the co-host of Archive Fever podcast, and co-editor of the journal History Australia.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Eugenia Flymm, Vice Chancellor’s Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow in Writing and Publishing, at the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Joseph Lo Bianco, Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne, International Secretary of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and former Chief Executive of Language Australia Ltd: the National Languages and Literacy Institute, of which he was the founder.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Yujie Zhu, Associate Professor at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

Frank Bongiorno, President of the Australian Historical Association, and Professor of History at the Australian National University.

2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?
2025 Academic Freedom Symposium - The right to enquire?

It's an election year! We were recently hired to shoot a series of team headshots for Greens candidates Emilie Flynn, for the seat of Geelong; and Jesse Holden, for the seat of Polwarth.

These images are to be used for flyers as well as for media.

With the Victorian State Election coming up coming up in November this year, we're making our services available to any community oriented candidate whose values align with our own. These services can include candidate headshots at a location in your electorate, photography and/or video coverage of campaign launches or filming of campaign related content. Get in contact to enquire further.

Note: we reserve the right to decline working with any candidate who we see is harmful or otherwise is antithesis to our values.

Greens candidates Emilie Flynn (Geelong) and Jesse Holden (Polwarth) standing with MLC Sarah Mansfield
Greens candidate Emilie Flynn (Geelong) standing with MLC Sarah Mansfield
Greens candidates Emilie Flynn (Geelong) and Jesse Holden (Polwarth)
Greens candidate Jesse Holden (Polwarth) standing with MLC Sarah Mansfield
Greens candidates Emilie Flynn (Geelong) and Jesse Holden (Polwarth) standing with MLC Sarah Mansfield

Matt Hrkac

Matt Hrkac brings more than 10 years of photographic experience in covering fast paced events and creating stunning imagery. Geelong born and bred, he predominantly works throughout Melbourne and across Victoria, and occasionally interstate as well. His work has appeared in numerous local, national and international publications.

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