Craig commenced work at The Sydney Morning Herald in 1985. As with all photographers working for newspapers in Australia at that time, he covered all areas of photography for the paper including news, sport and the arts. While he enjoyed the variety of work encountered as a press photographer, his real love was sports photography.
In 1991 he was appointed to shoot sport full time and remained in that position until leaving The Herald in 2008 to pursue a freelance career. His work has taken him to major international events both in Australia and overseas, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Rugby World Cups and World Swimming Championships, to name a few.
During his career, he has won over 40 international awards, including five World Press Awards, and around 100 national awards, including two Walkley Awards.
In 2007, he had the honour of being invited to be on the judging panel for the World Press Photo Awards held in Amsterdam. He has produced two books on his photography - Images of Sport in 1993 and SURFCLUB in 2008 - and has been featured in many others books in relation to his sports photography. His work has also been exhibited worldwide and has appeared in publications in numerous countries including Russia, China, the USA and throughout Europe.
Craig continues to shoot sport, corporate events, PR and feature work for various clients, while also working on his long term project of photographing his surrounds in the southern beachside suburb of Cronulla where he lives.
Major Awards
Winner World Press Photo Award x 5
Winner Concours World Sports Photo Contest
Winner Walkley Award for Sports Photography x 2
Nominated Walkley Award x 12
Winner Gold Prize Sasakawa World Sport Photo Competition
Winner Sasakawa World Sport Photo Competition (Sport Category)
Australian Press Photographer of the Year
Multiple Winner Australian National Press Awards Sports Photography Category
Multiple Winner I.O.C. Best of Sport Competition (International Olympic Committee)
Multiple Winner POYi Awards (Pictures of the Year International U.S.A.)
2nd place for SURFCLUB photography book depicting Surf Lifesaving in POYi Awards
Multiple Winner NPPA International Photography Awards U.S.A.
Finalist Leica Oskar Barnack Award