Dr Miriam Deprez is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based photojournalist and research fellow with the Disrupting Violence Beacon at Griffith University.
Miriam’s doctoral research examined the visual politics of occupation and resistance in Palestine and Kashmir, for which she was awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Medal of Excellence for PhD Thesis. Her research and practice also focuses on post-conflict environments, particularly on visibilising the impacts of militarised landscapes.
Her work spans Europe, West Asia, Russia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Australia, where she has worked as a freelance journalist, editor, and photographer. Miriam’s photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and her work documenting WWII bombs in the Pacific was exhibited at the United Nations in Geneva.
At Griffith, she has taught human rights journalism, security studies, and analogue photography. She also serves as secretary and field researcher for the Australian NGO SafeGround, which aims to mitigate harm caused by legacy and emerging weapons.
EDUCATION
PhD, Griffith University, 2025
Bachelor of Journalism, First Class Honours - Griffith University, 2018
Bachelor of Journalism - DMJX, Denmark, 2017
Journalism and Media - Lomonosov University, Moscow 2017
Europe in the World - Hogeschool University, Netherlands, 2016
Bachelor of Photography - Griffith University Queensland College of Art, 2016
Palestine Monitor, (internship & editor) - Ramallah, 2018 - 2020
Australian Associated Press (internship) - Brisbane, 2018
Zedline News (internship) - 4ZZZ Community Radio, Brisbane, 2018
Photo Master Class - Magnum Photographer Bieke Depoorter - Goa, India, 2016
Photo Master Class - VII Photographer Sarker Protick - Goa, India, 2016
PUBLICATIONS
Deprez, M. (2026). Tim Page: The very edge of the brightest light. [Exhibition catalog essay.] Griffith University Art Museum, 2026. https://www.griffith.edu.au/art-museum/whats-on/2026/tim-page
Deprez, M. (2026). Holding the line: how Kokatha custodians took on multinationals in the Woomera Prohibited Area — and won. Overland Literary Journal. https://overland.org.au/2026/02/holding-the-line-how-kokatha-custodians-took-on-multinationals-in-the-woomera-prohibited-area-and-won/
Deprez, M. (2025). Imag(in)ing Palestine and Kashmir: Visual Politics, Occupation and Resistance. [Doctoral Dissertation, Griffith University]. https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/5807
Lemay-Hébert, N., Deprez, M., Kent, L., Obamamoye, B., Simangan, D., & Wallis, J. (2025). Time for peace? Australian Journal of International Affairs, 79(1), 46–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2024.2443547
Deprez, M. (2024). Militarised Brisbane: Weapons Manufacturers, University Partnerships and Grass-roots Activism. Overland Literary Journal. https://overland.org.au/2024/03/militarised-brisbane-weapons-manufacturers-university-partnerships-and-grass-roots-activism/
A Fieldwork Guide For Researchers in Authoritarian and Challenging Environments. APSA. 2024. https://auspsa.org.au/about/groups-and-committees/authoritarian-and-challenging-environments-research-group/
Deprez, M. (2023). Visual Necropolitics and Visual Violence: Theorizing Death, Sight, and Sovereign Control of Palestine. International Political Sociology, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olad016
AWARDS & GRANTS
2026 – Chancellor’s Medal for Excellence in a PhD Thesis, Griffith University
2025 – Award of Excellence in a Research Thesis, Griffith University
2025 – Institute of Australian Geographers, Political Geography ECR Paper Award (winner)
2023 – CameraPro Explorers Grant
2022 – Visibilising hydro-social injustice in Manipur, India. AEL Grant, Griffith University
2022 – Youth Voices of the Maranoa. Climate Action Beacon grant, Griffith University
2020 – The Way We Live Now. State Library of QLD (grant)
2017 – World Press Photo; The 6x6 Global Talent Program, nominee
2017 – Capture Magazine; Australia’s Top Emerging Photographer, second place
2016 – Europe in the World Scholarship
2016 – New Colombo Grant
2016 – Global Mobility Scholarship
2015 – Wesley Mission photojournalism competition, first place and publication
2014/2015/2016 – Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence (rank top 5%)
CONFERENCES & PANELS
2026 — The Fear That We Will All Forget; Photojournalism Symposium, Griffith University Art Museum
2026 – APSA Authoritarian and Challenging Environments Research Group, University of Melbourne
2025 — Pan European Conference on International Relations (EISA). University of Bologna, Italy
2025 – Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS). University of Sydney
2025 – APSA Authoritarian and Challenging Environments Research Group, University of Sydney
2024 – Journalism, Education & Research Association of Australia (JERAA). University of Melbourne
2024 – How Do We Bear Witness? Panel discussion, UQ Art Museum
2024 – ANU 75th International Relations Symposium. Australian National University
2024 – APSA Authoritarian and Challenging Environments Research Group, University of Melbourne
2024 – Un/Seen, Critical Times Summer School. University of Lucerne
2024 – Picasso In Palestine (panel), Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2023 – European Workshop for International Studies. University of Amsterdam
2023 – Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS). University of Melbourne
2022 – Performing Global Crisis. University of Otago
2022 – Kioa Climate Emergency Delegation, Fiji.
EXHIBITIONS
2025 — Witnessing Resistance. White Box Gallery, Griffith University
2024 — In/Visible. ANU International Relations Symposium (solo exhibit)
2023 — Disrupted Flows; Visibilising Hydro-Social Injustice in Manipur, India. Webb Gallery, Brisbane
2018 — Finding Safe Ground in the Pacific. United Nations, Geneva
2018 — Cambodia: Witness to Change. George Town Photo Festival, Malaysia
2016 — Changes; Stories from Cambodia. White Box Gallery, Brisbane
2016 — Eyes on Goa. Maud Creative Gallery, Brisbane
2015 — Through Our Eyes. King George Library, Brisbane
JOURNALISM
Middle Ground, 2024
Southeast Asia Globe, 2020
Australian Photographers Journal, 2020
The Palestine Monitor, 2020
Mondoweiss, 2019
+972Magazine, 2019
Electronic Intifada, 2019
Al-Monitor, 2019
OZY, 2019
The Progressive, 2019
Middle East Eye, 2019
Middle East Monitor, 2019
Australian Associated Press (AAP), Australia, 2018
European Pressphoto Agency, 2018
The Guardian, Australia, 2018
SBS, Australia, 2018
The Big Issue, Australia, 2018
4ZZZ Community Radio, Brisbane, 2017
The Argus Book; Vol 3, Australia, 2017
Capture Magazine, Australia, 2017
Knack, Belgium, 2017
Euroviews FLUX Edition, Denmark, 2017
Danske Kommuner, Denmark, 2017
Magasinet Europa, Denmark, 2017
Euroscope World Edition, Denmark, 2017
Euroscope, The Netherlands, 2016
Norwegian Peoples Aid Humanitarian Disarmament, Cambodia, 2016
APOPO HeroRats - Annual Report, Cambodia, 2016
The Argus, issue 1 - Insider, Australia, 2016
Changes; Stories from Cambodia, The Argus, 2016
Eyes on Goa, Blurb Books Publication, 2016
Capella, Blurb Books Publication, 2015
The West End Magazine, Brisbane, 2015