“Powerful image” of free speech advocate Peter Greste takes out the 2022 Clayton Utz Art Award

“Powerful image” of free speech advocate Peter Greste takes out the 2022 Clayton Utz Art Award

Brisbane-based photographer Glenn Hunt has won the?$20,000 2022 Clayton Utz Art Award?with his photographic portrait of Australian journalist Peter Greste, titled?Freedom Fighter.

Award judge Dr Chari Larson (senior lecturer in art history and theory at the Queensland College of Art) described the work as a “powerful image” that was reminiscent of the portrait paintings of 17th century northern Europe: “Portraits by artists such as Rembrandt were famous for their inky, dark light and I think (Greg) has managed to capture this moodiness.”