Sam Ferris

Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1985, Ferris completed an Honours degree in the Arts, winning the Vice Chancellor’s university medal, and an Australian post-graduate scholarship to research and work at the University of New South Wales in the School of English, Media, Performing and Fine Arts. This precipitated his relocation to Sydney, where he started to seriously photograph around 2010. He organised and co-founded the Aussie Street Festival in 2018 and joined Burn My Eye Collective in 2021. Ferris’ work has been exhibited across the globe and featured in numerous publications. His Sydney portfolio was selected for the recent Thames & Hudson compendium ‘Reclaim the Street’ (2023), edited by Matt Stuart, and he was amongst three Australian photographers with images selected for the title ‘100 Great Street Photographs’ (2017), by Prestel Publishing and edited by David Gibson.

Both Epic Revue Magazine and Leica Fotographie International Magazine have featured major showcases of his work, and other periodicals such as Internationale, The Guardian, Lonely Planet, The Sydney Morning Herald, Photo Review Magazine, Capture Magazine, and Eyeshot Magazine have all previously profiled Ferris and his photographs.

In 2023, Ferris’ image ‘On the way to inspections’ was awarded the City of Sydney, ‘Australian Life’ Photographic Prize.