So, who are the three photojournalists?

Lorrie Graham.

In Australia during the 1970s, there was only a handful of courageous women who entered the profession of photojournalism. Those who did, worked daily side by side with men at newspapers, magazines, and photo agencies. They reported from cities across Australia and foreign countries around the globe. Australian photojournalist Lorrie Graham has spent over four decades working on assignments worldwide, from the frontlines of the first Gulf War in Iraq to portraits of Australian cultural icons and politicians.

Graham was The Sydney Morning Herald’s first female cadet photographer in 1975. Graham persisted for two years trying to get a cadetship at The Herald but was turned back because there were no female toilets on the sixth floor of the old Fairfax building. Law changes during International Women's Year in 1975 meant that female toilets had to be installed, so her photojournalist career began.

Michele Mossop.

Michele Mossop is a Sydney-based freelance photojournalist. Her career spans over 30 years in print and online media as a staff photographer for major newspapers in Australia and Italy.

The last 16 years saw her as a senior photographer at The Australian Financial Review. Before this, she was the arts photographer and founding Features Photo Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Kate Geraghty.

Kate Geraghty is a photojournalist at The Sydney Morning Herald. She has won multiple awards, including the Gold Walkley in 2017. Geraghty started photographing professionally in 1997 at The Border Mail in Albury Wodonga.

In 2001 she joined The Sydney Morning Herald, where her first big assignment was to cover the 2002 Bali Bombings. Later, describing the scenes as "‘“one of the most shocking things she had ever seen." In 2003, Geraghty was the first Herald woman photographer to cover a war when she was assigned to photograph the US invasion of Iraq. Since then, Geraghty has gone on to cover conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine, to name a few.