Sam Thies
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A collection of visual stories across people, place, and culture.

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Viel Obscura

Photography, Motion

VEIL OBSCURA documents the 2025 filling of Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre, the lake's most significant transformation in over fifty years.

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Travel Associates

Photography, Motion

There is something that happens when you point a 16mm camera at a person who is truly absorbed in their work. The grain does the rest.

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Own The Unknown

Photography, Motion

A brand campaign created for the University of Queensland, designed to speak directly to school leavers standing at the edge of something vast and unfamiliar.

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Gulf Country

Photography

A documentation of station life across multiple properties in Gulf Country, Queensland.

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BUSH

Photography, Book, Archival Prints, Motion

A socio-cultural study of Outback Queensland in 2020

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Species

Photography, Archival Prints

Capturing the endangered and endemic species of the Mary River

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Ellies Pearling

Motion

Beneath the Surface is a feature length documentary on Ellies Pearling, the world's oldest pearling family, following the provenance of the Australian South Sea pearl, the only gemstone raised by a living organism, from the sea beds of some of Australia's most dangerous and remote coastlines to the rarefied heights of Tokyo's international pearl auctions and the display cases of the world's leading jewellery houses.

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A collection of films shaped by a quiet, observant practice, exploring the relationship between people, place, and story.