The “Many Australian Photographers Group,” known as MAP Group, is a non-profit association of around fifty photographers who share a passion and commitment to high quality, independent documentary image making. Our photographers range from emerging to well established, many of whom are recipients of national and international awards.

The photographers of MAP Group have completed a nation-wide philanthropic project documenting the drought and its impact on Australia’s water resources. We have called this project “Beyond Reasonable Drought”. This ambitious project aimed to record the impact of this long-running drought on the land, the people and the psyche of the nation.

Participating photographers made hundreds of road trips throughout Australia to document what they see and to record the stories they hear. The photographers have travelled many thousands of kilometres and worked thousands of hours, in their own time and at their own expense.

“Beyond Reasonable Drought” was exhibited at Old Parliament House (now the Museum of Australian Democracy), Canberra, forming a major component of the “Vivid” National Photography Festival, from July – October 2008. The Old Parliament House exhibition was the first leg of a national tour of this exhibition. The exhibition returned to the Museum of Australian Democracy in November 2009 to February 2010 when the book of the project was released. Interested in the book? More information here

If you have an idea for a MAP Group project, we would be interested in hearing about it.  To submit an idea please go here