Shea Kirk

Big news + please vote:

Pausing my social media break for a split second to share some big, big news. This is us at 24 weeks taken in February (you do the math)…

Please vote for it in the people’s choice award (link in bio). It would mean a lot to us. Being a broke artist can be tough, and much tougher when you have kids to feed.

Also a great time to order any prints of my past work. Nothing beats an actual real physical photograph on your wall.

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24 WEEKS, 2026

‘This photograph depicts my wife and I, on the cusp of welcoming another child into our family. 12 years of friendship has seen us through a lot. There have been good times and there have been bad times; chronic health issues, the grief of her being disowned by her family, a traumatic birth and unravelling from the postpartum anxiety/depression that followed. At times the whole world feels like it’s broken and burning down around us, yet still we push on with quiet optimism. Where there’s love, there’s space to dream. One where a brighter future is more than just a glimmer of hope.’

NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2026
Opens Saturday 22 August 
Closes Sunday 11 October
@portraitau

Big thanks (and congrats…) to @timmia_printerman at @thirdsfineartprinting and cheers to @finiframes for a stellar framing job.