COMMUNITY
Projects that build trust and deepen public connection.
WORKSHOPS & Inspiration
Let’s ignite a creative fire!
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For in-house creative teams and independents craving a reset. This thought-provoking, hands-on session draws on hard lessons gleaned from hundreds of shoots—cutting through hesitation to unlock instinctive, confident making.
Hands-on
Small groups
Practical and powerful
3 hrs
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Creative Clarity Sessions:
One-off or short-run advisory sessions that help unlock momentum—whether it’s for a public art brief, a sensitive storytelling project, or early-stage ideas that need direction before execution. Led with empathy, insight, and two decades of experience at the intersection of artistry, narrative, and impact.
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Christopher’s experience lends itself to judging roles across high-level creative and advertising awards. Suitable opportunities include:
AWARD Awards
Effie Awards
Young Lions Australia
B&T Awards
Mumbrella Awards
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Speaking & Presentations
Christopher is an experienced presenter and facilitator, known for his emotionally intelligent, visually driven approach to storytelling and creative leadership. His keynotes and talks blend lived insight with sharp craft instincts, drawing from decades in high-pressure creative environments.Selected appearances include:
Vivid Ideas @ MCA – Panel facilitator for Canon
Canon Convention (National Keynote)
PMA Imaging & Entertainment Expo – Featured Speaker
Antenna Documentary Film Festival – Panelist
A Night with the Director – Canon x Sun Studios:
SOCIAL IMPACT & Community projects
Christopher Ireland’s creative advocacy work gives voice to those rarely seen in the spotlight—treating their stories with the same artistic rigour as his commercial practice. Funded through grants and public/private partnership.
PROJECTS:
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Hundreds of Australians die each year from exposure to the asbestos fibre. This tiny fibre is responsible for several insidious and incurable lung diseases which eventually rob the patient of the very capacity to draw breath.Breathing is the basis of life. The strength and resilience of the asbestos fibre is the undoing of many who breathe it in. Its legacy is long lasting- the dread it engenders, the suffering, the contemplation of what lies ahead. Asbestos is no longer the “wonder fibre”.
For the asbestos widow, moving forward requires a strength and resilience of its own.
Breathe was my first major body of work and made a national tour of Australia starting at The Australian Centre for Photography. It awakened me to the potency of photography as a vehicle to drive social change.
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“Does that camera record sound?”
It’s a question I’m asked more than once, standing somewhere between the first and tenth floor of Greenway, a Community Housing high-rise in Kirribilli.“If it did,” I ask, “what would you say?”
One woman tells me she’s fled violence and found solace in art. A man with one arm tells me he’s lucky. Another says he hasn’t spoken to his son in years. These stories were there long before me—but slowly, over a decade, trust grew. Most residents eventually volunteered their time in exchange for a portrait. Some hoped their image and words might reach beyond these walls.
Though I’m not a resident, I became a witness. My legitimacy came not through assumption, but through time, presence, and care—offering my craft in exchange for their truth. This became a collaboration. Curiosity was met with candour, and a quiet generosity that stayed with me.
One portrait became hundreds. One sentence became a book. A year became a decade.
All Things Considered is a portrait of life inside Greenway—shaped by mutual trust and an urge to be seen.
Premiered March 2024, Kirribilli NSW. -
Alongside is a short film series exploring adversity, healing, and the animals who stand with us.
Developed and directed by Christopher Ireland for Kintsugi Heroes, a not-for-profit organisation committed to sharing stories of overcoming adversity, these films remind us we’re never truly alone. Every story shared has the power to change a life.
BREATHE
Hundreds of Australians die each year from exposure to the asbestos fibre. This tiny fibre is responsible for several insidious and incurable lung diseases which eventually rob the patient of the very capacity to draw breath.
Breathing is the basis of life. The strength and resilience of the asbestos fibre is the undoing of many who breathe it in. Its legacy is long lasting- the dread it engenders, the suffering, the contemplation of what lies ahead. Asbestos is no longer the “wonder fibre”.
For the asbestos widow, moving forward requires a strength and resilience of its own.
Breathe was Christopher’s first major body of work and made a national tour of Australia starting at The Australian Centre for Photography. It awakened him to the potency of photography as a vehicle to drive social change.
This work is in the permanent collection at Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED: 14 years inside Greenway Kirribilli
“Does that camera record sound?”
It’s a question I’m asked more than once, standing somewhere between the first and tenth floor of Greenway, a Community Housing high-rise in Kirribilli.
“If it did,” I ask, “what would you say?”
One woman tells me she’s fled violence and found solace in art. A man with one arm tells me he’s lucky. Another says he hasn’t spoken to his son in years. These stories were there long before me—but slowly, over a decade, trust grew. Most residents eventually volunteered their time in exchange for a portrait. Some hoped their image and words might reach beyond these walls.
Though I’m not a resident, I became a witness. My legitimacy came not through assumption, but through time, presence, and care—offering my craft in exchange for their truth. This became a collaboration. Curiosity was met with candour, and a quiet generosity that stayed with me.
One portrait became hundreds. One sentence became a book. A year became a decade.
All Things Considered is a portrait of life inside Greenway—shaped by mutual trust and an urge to be seen.
Premiered March 2024, Kirribilli NSW.
A selection of this work has been acquired in the permanent collection of the NSW State Library.
ALONGSIDE: A Partnership with Kintsugi Heroes
Alongside is a short film and photography exhibition series exploring adversity, healing, and the animals who stand with us.
Developed and directed by Christopher Ireland for Kintsugi Heroes, a not-for-profit organisation committed to sharing stories of overcoming adversity, these films remind us we’re never truly alone. Every story shared has the power to change a life
Watch more films: www.alongsidefilms.com
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