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25.01.2022 29/12/20 The Rolls Royce :: @patcummins30 bowling in India’s second innings at the MCG :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: @cricketaustralia @mcg #sports #cricket #testmatch #australiavsindia #summerofcricket #melbourne #slowshutter

25.01.2022 Happy to be included in the shortlist with some ripper photographers and friends here:

25.01.2022 09/04/20 Peak hour, Melbourne, Covid-19 :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #melbourne #flindersstreet #undertheclocks #coronavirus #covid19 #massisolation #massisolationproject #australia

24.01.2022 28/04/20 New work and a view of Melbourne from the past 6 weeks and the new reality: https://www.chris-hopkins.com.au/covid_parall " ‘Parallelogram’ is my way of documenting a moment in time, a moment in Melbourne’s time, where everything is the same, yet different. When walking out of shadows and feeling the autumnal sun on your face should take on more meaning than it did autumns' past. A time when loneliness and isolation is truer and more real than it has ever been."

24.01.2022 09/08/20 The Premier of Victoria, Mr Daniel Andrews, enters his daily press conference to inform the media that today 17 Victorians died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, it’s deadliest day yet. On the flip side the state recorded its lowest daily tally of new infections in 11 days :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #covid19 #coronavirus #melbourne @danielandrewsmp #victoria #firstdanandrewspresserpicposted

22.01.2022 17/10/20 A big thankyou to all of you who offered words of support and congratulations over the past couple of days. It was great to win and just as rewarding were the comments from friends, colleagues and strangers alike. Thanks again, it’s much appreciated.

22.01.2022 Carly Earl talking photojournalism and the Lives in the Sky project I was commissioned for during the year on @abc along with bushfire coverage by Rachael Rachel Mounsey and indigenous issues by Annette Ruzicka and Issobelle Moore. Guardian Australia

22.01.2022 09/08/20 Melbourne, a city in lockdown, a ghost-town. A time like no other :: photographs by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: #photojournalism #covid19 #coronavirus #melbourne #lockdown #stage4 @guardian @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

20.01.2022 12/05/20 Latest assignment for Guardian Australia :: Karen Clements was diagnosed with Covid-19 upon returning from New York in March. Now fully recovered she shares her experience of social stigma with The Guardian. I was not contagious but (my stepson) said he didn’t even want me in the same suburb She now refers to her likely immunity as her ‘superpower’ :: for ful story see: https://www.theguardian.com//fear-judgment-hysteria-six-su :: photograph by Chris Hopkins Photojournalist for The Guardian :: #photojournalism #covid19 #portraitphotography #coronavirus #melbourne #australia #virus #stigma

20.01.2022 10/12/20 Recent work for Guardian Australia 'Lives In Limbo' series :: "Am I illegal? Am I different?" Betelhem Zeleke :: for full story: https://www.theguardian.com//am-i-am-i-different-the-futur

20.01.2022 Received great news today. 'Invisible Wounds' - a project that I have been working on since mid 2018 has now been acquired in its entirety for the Australian War Memorial's permanent collection :: Exhibition news to come (post Covid-19 I assume) :: The series of photographic portraits visually represent the tension and fragility of Australian military veterans living with ongoing mental health and wellness issues :: The uncomfortable intimacy of the portraits is purposeful. The veterans who sat want their pain, frustration, confusion and loneliness publicised, so that future generations of soldiers don’t have to :: all photographs Christopher Hopkins 2020

20.01.2022 13/07/20 Nor Shanino is a youth and community worker who acts as a conduit between the government and his Afro-Australian community. Nor grew up in the public housing apartment complex in Flemington which has a chequered history :: From The Flats, a six part, in depth look at life growing up and living in Melbournes African community in and around its housing commission towers. Photographs by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: see bio for link to part three :: @guardian @piceditor.theguardian.au #photojournalism #melbourne #flemington #africanaustralians #mentalhealth #covid19 #coronavirus #housingcommission #reportage #reportagephotography #towers #marginalised #community @ Flemington, Victoria

19.01.2022 23/10/20 The people were angry today my friends :: Melbournians took to the Shrine of Remembrance today to protest just about anything but mostly the soon to ease lockdown :: photographs by @cnhop for @theageaustralia and @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #melbourne #lockdown #protest #coronavirus #conspiracytheories

19.01.2022 23/05/20 Done a lot of images through windows in the past eight weeks but this was heartbreaking :: Robyn Becker is in the final stages of terminal breast and gastric cancer and was told last week she could only have hours to live. Her sister Jennifer flew from California to Melbourne to be with her but is quarantined for two weeks. She has been given special leave from the hotel to be with her for an hour a time. Each visit, our time is cut short and it’s devastating says ...Robyn. Jennifer understands the necessity of the quarantine but says that there could be some flexibility for those in palliative care, I want to be with her, I want talk to her, I want to hold her hand, comfort her and hug her :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #coronavirus #covid19 #melbourne #isolation #cancer #quarantine #mentalhealth #testednegative #commonsense See more

19.01.2022 03/04/20 Johnny celebrates his last few hours in isolation alone with a wine and a number after missing the travel cut off by a day. Like many Australian travellers (but not enough - Aspen) he has spent two weeks self-isolating in his flat after returning from overseas :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #selfisolation #melbourne #australia #covid19 #coronavirus

19.01.2022 13/04/20 Francis Mitcham prays with his family isolated in their home on Easter Sunday. Unable to go to mass, they watched a livestream from St Patrick’s Cathedral on television instead. It’s been something to look forward to. If we didn’t turn it on there would be nothing special about the day to distinguish it from any other day in isolation. Says Francis’ mother Ashley Mitcham :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #massisolation #covid19 #massisolationproject #melbourne #coronavirus #easter #isolation

19.01.2022 15/09/20 In March this year, pre Covid-19, Beau Donelly and I travelled to Uganda to report on the crisis facing children living with intellectual and physical disability. For all its progress, Uganda’s record of supporting people with disabilities is abysmal. There are an estimated 6 million persons living with a disability. There is a severe lack of awareness of cognitive and developmental disabilities, which have not been included in developmental or government programming.... Disabled children, especially, are seen as a burden. So-called mercy killings are an accepted part of life in some rural areas. The families of disabled children are largely unsupported by their community and the government. Without access to education or information, the public are forced to rely on a deeply rooted cultural misconception that labels these disabilities a ‘curse’ or ‘possession’. And children are still hidden, locked and tethered inside, vulnerable to extreme forms of abuse and death. https://interactive.aljazeera.com//uganda-hidde/index.html Big thanks to the team at Al Jazeera English. @AAbuJ @haddadme @AliaChughtai Please take the time to read on a larger screen than a phone. Please share. Photographs Christopher Hopkins 2020 Lugonjo, Uganda. Salma Kobusinge - lives with intellectual impairments, believed to be Autism. She does not speak, has Epilepsy, Sickle cells, is deaf and blind in her right eye. Her mother, Nono Zubeda has told disability outreach worker Stephan Kabenge that she wishes Salma was dead. Nono has spent time in prison for leaving Salma unattended in the dilapidated two room house in a suburb of Entebbe. Salma's father denies the child is his and offers Nono no assistance in the home or financially for Salma's medications. Nono has resorted to the services of a local Witch Doctor, but he has made no difference to their lives.

18.01.2022 16/07/20 The soon to be published series myself and @beau.donelly, with the financial assistance of @simoncumbersmf , Hidden Children, has been shortlisted in the @australianphotographyawards - Stories - :: Congrats to all the other shortlisted artists/photojournalists :: The work is an in-depth foray into the situation faced by those living with intellectual disability in Uganda. This marginalised group, particularly children, are the target of abuse, sexual and physical, illegal restraint and mercy killings :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #uganda #mentalhealth #intellectualdisabilities #africa #longformjournalism

18.01.2022 25/04/20 ANZAC Day :: Was an honour to photograph 100 year old Bordy Weeku, a Karen refugee who served for the British during World War 2 and has since been to hell and back. He is unable to march this ANZAC Day due to the Covid-19 pandemic :: for beautiful story by Tony Wright see: https://www.theage.com.au//at-100-virus-interrupts-bordy-w

17.01.2022 24/04/20 Twilight in autumnal Melbourne at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground would generally see a hive of AFL football fans queuing to see their team battle for premiership points. Overseen by the legend of Betty Cuthbert, a single jogger uses the ground as a place for his allowed exercise regime :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #covid_19 #coronavirus #mcg #melbourne #pandemic #afl @mcg

17.01.2022 29/07/20 Deepclean :: Cleaners fumigate each other before entering the Estia Aged Care facility in Ardeer, in Melbournes west :: The Facility has the highest reported count of Covid-19 positive residents and those that are high risk have reportedly been moved to nearby hospitals :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #melbourne #covid19 #coronavirus #deepcleaning #agedcare #covidaustralia #pandemic

16.01.2022 Part three of six "We'll see you after dark" with The Guardian and Carly Earl

16.01.2022 19/05/20 Restrictions easing, holding hands, social distancing riders, the new paradigm :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #melbourne #coronavirus #covid19 #streetphotography #socialdistancing

15.01.2022 20/01/21 ‘Joy’ a refugee from Bangladesh who along with 60 others have been detained in Melbourne hotels signals a heart sign to activists waiting for his release :: 26 medevac refugees were released today in bridging visas, 34 are supposed to be released tomorrow yet Joy is still uncertain as to his fate :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #refugees #refugeeswelcome #photojournalism #melbourne

15.01.2022 02/08/20 In lighter ISO news, opera students Teresa Ingrilli and Lisette Bolton put on weekly performances from their balcony for neighbours in their seven unit apartment complex in Alphington. Emma Henley and three year old Leah from apartment six are regular attendees We all need uplifting she says. We did have to accomodate Leah’s nap time because she loves it says Lisette :: It was lovely to meet all the residents yesterday and feed off some of the positivity they were generating :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #isolation #covid19 #coronavirus #melbourne #opera #iso

15.01.2022 12/10/20 Henry Lives with Autism. Remote learning has been a struggle for him and his mother Sophie. As Henry and thousands of other Victorian students return to school today, parents (including myself) wonder about the effect it has had. There is no doubt it set him back says Sophie :: for full story see https://www.theage.com.au//parents-breathe-sigh-of-relief- :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #coronavirus #homeschooling #backtoschool #autism #intellectualdisabilities #melbourne

14.01.2022 28/07/20 A resident of Epping Gardens Aged Care facility is transported to a hospital :: The facility has recorded 82 linked cases of Covid-19 :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald #photojournalism #covid-19 #coronavirus #melbourne #agedcare #pandemic

14.01.2022 20/9/20 Obur, Soroti District, Uganda. Pastor Fred Alimet re-buttons Silus Odii’s shirt after untying his tether. Thirteen year old Silus regularly gets tethered to a wooden crate inside his family's single room home. He lives with Down Syndrome. His mother and father: Elizabeth Iloi and Joram Odii are subsistence farmers, growing and selling Cassava and are often away from the family property. In the past Silus has been assaulted and abused by neighbouring villagers because... of his disability, so Joram and Elizabeth now tether him inside for his own safety. The act of chaining or tethering a child with mental health or disability issues is often not out of malice, but to restrict any harm from ill-informed members of the community :: for full report in @aljazeeraenglish by myself and @beau.donelly go to https://interactive.aljazeera.com//uganda-hidde/index.html :: #photojournalism #disability #disabilityawareness #mentalhealth #intellectualdisabilities #uganda #africa #downsyndrome #nomorehiddenchildren @embracekulture

14.01.2022 02/10/20 Mandy Weber’s children won’t be getting birthday or Christmas presents this year after the JobSeeker payment she relies on has been cut back. After losing her job as a chef due to the Coronavirus the mother of four was able to lead a normal dignified life when the payment was introduced. My children will have to cut back on the medication they need. I just think it’s horrible and degrading. There are no words to describe it, it should not be cut. she says :: photograph by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: for full story: https://www.theguardian.com//its-degrading-australians-on- :: #coronavirus #covid_19 #jobseeker #welfare #mentalhealth The Guardian Guardian Australia #australia #everydayaustralia

14.01.2022 10/07/20 Ahmed Dini is a youth worker in Melbournes north working with African communities in the broader area including the Flemington and North Melbourne housing commission estates. He is also a resident of one of the towers and was in enforced lockdown due to high rates of Covid-19 in the complex’s. Yesterday Ahmed took me inside his tower and apartment as part of @guardianaustralia in-depth look at life growing up in a marginalised community in what, from the outside look...ing in, seem to be ghettos :: for full view of the six part series see link in bio :: photographs by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: @guardian @piceditor.theguardian.au #photojournalism #covid19 #coronavirus #northmelbourne #melbourne #housingcommission #towers #marginalised #community #africanaustralians #reportage #reportagephotography #mentalhealth #isolation #forcedisolation @ North Melbourne, Victoria See more

14.01.2022 UPDATE: Pastor Fred, the pastor @beaudonelly and I spent time with in Uganda has a GoFundMe page to raise money for some of the children in this story. The funds will go directly to the families we spoke to in Soroti and Lira. Some need money for medicine, others need to travel to hospital, they all need food security. If you can help, no amount is too small.GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-disabled-children-in-sor

14.01.2022 05/04/20 Intensive care unit nurse, Jeong Park, of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Intensive Care Unit prepares to enter the room of a Covid-19 patient. The patients door, see second image, is covered with a large warning poster and staff will enter through a seperate ‘ante room’ to assist in keeping the virus from getting out. It was weirdly quiet in a section of the hospital which is usually a hive of major surgery or trauma. The head of ICU nursing unit Michelle Spence likens it to ‘preparing for a war’ :: photographs by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: for full story : https://www.theguardian.com//like-preparing-for-war-austra #photojournalism #coronavirus #melbourne #covid19 #royalmelbournehospital #intensivecare #australia #health #frontlineworkers @ The Royal Melbourne Hospital

14.01.2022 21/01/21 The personal belongings of 20 refugees who have been detained for years are loaded onto the bus that takes them to freedom :: A happy and momentous day :: photographs by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #refugees #refugeeswelcome #melbourne #asylumseekers #letthemstay #freedom

13.01.2022 18/06/20 Big congrats to Australian novelist, academic and activist (and all round legend) Tony Birch for his shortlisting for 'The White Girl' in the 2020 Miles Franklin Award :: I have made Tony's portrait a few times now and this is my favourite :: Photograph by Chris Hopkins Photojournalist for The Age The Sydney Morning Herald

13.01.2022 This is the final instalment of an enlightening view into the lives of Melbourne's public housing system and the Afro-Australians who call 'The Flats' home. Big thanks to Carly Earl and The Guardian and a special thanks to all the participants who I spent time with last week in what can only be described as a stressful one. Series commissioned by the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute.

12.01.2022 This is the first in a six part series I have been working on with The Guardian and Carly Earl. The piece, and the corresponding light shone on the residents, has been made all the more relevant in light of the enforced lockdowns in the Flemington and North Melbourne towers. More to come so watch this space..

12.01.2022 03/09/20 As lockdown wears us down spare a thought for Will Beitzel who has been mourning the passing of his wife Freya since June. Throughout his grieving process Will has had no personal contact due to the ‘no-houseguests’ rule. My visit yesterday do make this portrait for The Age was his first in months. Will is one of many who is calling for a singles bubble to be allowed, a designated visitor whose house can be visited and vice-versa :: photograph for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #reflection #covid19 #coronavirus #lockdown #pandemic #singlesbubble #melbourne

12.01.2022 24/09/20 Portraits as a part of latest work for @aljazeeraenglish :: For the complete report on Uganda’s hidden children; their lack of systemic support, battle with cultural taboos and a societal lack of knowledge, with words by @beau.donelly see link: https://interactive.aljazeera.com//uganda-hidde/index.html :: Ojwina, Lira District. Ezra Moro and Agnes Nangobi. Seven year old Ezra Moro, was born healthy. At age four he began to show signs of disability, turned in feet a...nd loss of speech. Within three years he is completely disabled. Ezra hasnt been formally diagnosed but his mother, Agnes Nangobi believes he has Spastic diplegia, commonly known as Cerebral Palsy. Her family has had its home destroyed by an angry mob who believe Ezra and the family to be cursed :: Kabaale, Entebbe. Ruth Nakimera is a traditional birth attendant. Not medically trained, traditional birth attendants are an important part of the health system for pregnant women, particularly in isolated areas where access to a doctor is logistically and financially difficult. They will offer services for pre-natal care - ranging from regulating the menstrual cycle to changing the sex of the baby - which usually consists of a physical check up followed by a prescription of traditional medicines, herbs etc. The lack of access to modern medicines and diagnostic testing means more mothers rely upon traditional means as their only form of healthcare and many babies are born with disabilities such as Down Syndrome :: Entebbe, Uganda. Catherine Munaaba's daughter Grace Mugisha was born with Cerebral Palsy. The child's father left her and she has had to relocate to a different region of Entebbe due to ill-will directed at her and Grace. She never considered killing her child and unlike many, she hires help to look after Grace when she leaves the home for work. She found a WhatsApp group for mothers of children with disability and relied on the forum for assistance but since a governmental tax on social media was introduced, has dropped out of the group due to the increased costs associated :: #photojournalism #uganda #africa #disability #intellectualdisabilities #nomorehiddenchildren #mentalhealth #disabilityawareness @embracekulture #health

11.01.2022 11/04/20 Josie Vains is an amazing chamber musician who has been giving impromptu social distancing ‘concerts’ in the street for her neighbourhoodof Brunswick. I was fortunate enough to get to photograph her and said concert for @goodweekendmag It was a heart warming experience :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald @goodweekendmag for a @konniemac story :: #photojournalism #covid19 #melbourne #brunswick #coronavirus #socialdistancing #beautifulmusic #kindness

11.01.2022 Anyone in Melbourne or Vic self isolating? Would like to do a portrait for a photographic project. Through a window of course.. DM me and feel free to share..

11.01.2022 08/08/20. Melbourne CBD yesterday was ghostly, post-apocalyptic, but people were still up for a chat.. For Guardian Australia

11.01.2022 15/04/20 Paramedics enter the Ridges Hotel in Carlton. The hotel is quarantining passengers from the Aurora Cruise ship that sailed to Antarctica after the World Health Organisation declared the Coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. 70% of the 112 passengers transported back to Melbourne on a re-patriation flight from Uraguay are now infected with Covid-19 :: Photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #melbourne #coronavirus #isolation #covid19 #pandemic #virus #paramedic

11.01.2022 20/09/20 Portraits as a part of latest work for @aljazeeraenglish :: for full report in @aljazeeraenglish by myself and @beau.donelly go to https://interactive.aljazeera.com//uganda-hidde/index.html Soroti, Uganda. When not tending to his congregation in Soroti, eastern Uganda, Pastor Fred Alimet travels to regional areas to educate communities about children with disabilities. Trying to dispel the long held cultural belief that children with disabilities are cursed, Fred... is fighting a battle against the tide :: Obur, Soroti District. Twelve year old Catherine Asinge is bound daily to a chair in a storehouse with chickens and sacks of Cassava. She looked bewildered by the light as the storehouse door was opened. Un-diagnosed and speechless, she now resides in the village of her 'uncle', her older brother Charles Okwaronro. Charles took guardianship as her father will not allow her to live in the same village as the marital family. Catherine's mother - Sarah Akkello - visits as regularly as she can. When Charles has to leave the village for work or errands, Catherine is tethered for her own safety :: Obur, Uganda. Rose Akello is the mother of Ketty Akello, a bright, joyful girl with Down Syndrome. Unaware of what Down Syndrome is, Rose's husband demanded that Ketty be thrown into a pit latrine as a mercy killing. Rose and Ketty would be chased out of their village. Finding a haven in the remote village of Obur in the Eastern District of Uganda, Rose would send Ketty to the Aamanyi Centre in Entebbe, a compound for youth living with disability to learn the life skills needed to live effectively amongst the broader community. They see each other three times a year when Ketty returns on term break :: #photojournalism #uganda #africa #disability #disabilityawareness #mentalhealth #downsyndrome #intellectualdisabilities @embracekulture #nomorehiddenchildren #health #reportage #reportagespotlight

10.01.2022 07/01/21 In what shaped as a year like no other, Luba Cowall lights a candle to celebrate Russian Orthodox Christmas with her son, Nicholas and grandchildren at Holy Protection Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, East Brunswick. As well as being unable to see her daughter due to international border restrictions, tragically Luba lost her husband :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia and @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #russianorthodox #melbourne

10.01.2022 19/04/20 Katie (right) arrived in Melbourne from Liverpool on the 15th March, to celebrate longtime friend Harriets upcoming 40th birthday. Katie is now stuck in Australia self isolating with Harriet and her husband and son until the 2nd June, when she has managed to get a flight back to the UK. Harriets large 40th birthday party did not eventuate as planned but the two managed a few margarita's together to celebrate in isolation :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #melbourne #massisolation #covid19 #coronavirus #massisolationproject #australia

10.01.2022 30/12/20 Recent work for @guardianaustralia :: During Victoria’s deadly second wave of Coronavirus the locum of Wyndham in Melbournes outer west recorded the highest rate of infection in the state. The working class and culturally diverse residents proving that the virus does in fact, discriminate :: 1. Poly Kiyaga. Kiyaga works as a conduit between the local African community and the Wyndham Community Education Centre. He found that transmission intensified due to a lack of ...relevant information and rumour and innuendo that circulated as a result. 3. Dale and Barbara Waghorne. Both contracted the virus from an unknown source and were hospitalised but weren’t told of their positive tests for over a week :: for full report by Nino Bucci see link in bio :: #photjournalism #melbourne #wyndham #melbourneswest #covid_19 #coronaviruspandemic #coronavirus @wyndham_city @piceditor.theguardian.au See more

10.01.2022 Sydneysiders check out this exhibition as part of Head On Photo Festival 2020. Some wonderful work by some of Australia’s finest photojournalists and honoured to have an image included.

10.01.2022 Part five of six is up today. With Carly Earl

09.01.2022 29/03/20 Author Pip Lincolne will spend her self isolation from Covid-19 knitting, after losing her job last week :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #selfisolation #covid_19 #coronavirus #melbourne #australia #mentalhealth

09.01.2022 22/01/21 Street Concert 1 :: This image of concert cellist Josie Vains performing a street concert for neighbours during lockdown is part of an online exhibition curated by the Victoria State Archive :: It's been a year of major disruption, of dealing with change and showing our resilience. For this exhibition, local street photographers, documentarians and photojournalists have captured the moments of kindness, creativity, hardship and surreal-ness that defined 2020 in Victo...ria. Alongside these contemporary images, photographs drawn from the collections of the Victorian State Government and National Archives of Australia explore the concept of A new normal further. We look at change in our past, both negative and positive, and reflect on historic images that draw comparisons to what we've experienced these past twelve months :: 31 March 2020, 17:41 pm. Former Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Cellist, Josephine Vains plays a social distancing ‘concert’ for her neighbourhood. Like many artists hit hard by the lockdown, Josephine had to be creative in order to continue performing, so began to play impromptu concerts on the pavement outside her house in Brunswick. As Josie’s neighbours received notifications via WhatsApp, they would enjoy the beauty of music and escape the anxiety caused by the lockdown, whilst socially distancing for 30 minutes. Throughout 2020, random acts of kindness and togetherness arose within the community. As the unemployment rate rose and Australia entered a recession, community spirit, and acts such as Josie’s, proved to be vitally important for society’s psychological well-being. This image is a perfect visual representation of how music’s healing properties remain despite its exponents being severely affected by the global pandemic. #photojournalism #covid_19 #coronaviruspandemic #melbourne #brunswick #streetconcert @goodweekendmag @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald

08.01.2022 22/04/20 The Coronavirus is now having a very real affect on big business as Australia’s second largest airline goes into financial administration, laying off around 16000 workers and grounding its fleet :: photograph by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #photojournalism #coronavirus #virginairlines #grounded #covid_19 #melbourne #australia #travel

07.01.2022 12/08/20 Recent work for @guardianaustralia :: if I give up all my effort is for nothing. Nirbachana Oli is a international student from Nepal. Arriving before the pandemic began, Oli and her seven Nepali housemates are relying on food handouts from organisations such as the Kasih Project to survive :: for full story by Luke Henriques Gomes see link in bio :: photograph by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: #photojournalism #portraitphotography #melbourne #covid19 #coronavirus #nepal #stage4 #restrictions @ St Albans, Victoria

07.01.2022 26/12/20 Boxing Day Test March. Australia vs India :: first time in over 300 days a crowd has been allowed in the MCG :: photographs by @cnhop for @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #cricket #photojournalism #mcg #australiavsindia #summerofcricket @mcg @australiancricket #melbourne #australia #sports

06.01.2022 15/10/20 Very excited to have been awarded the The Walkley Foundation 2020 photo of the year this morning :: Big thanks to the judges and pic editors Sunday Pix and Paul Rovere :: The image appeared in a Melissa Cunningham story in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald :: 11:09 am, Williamstown. Robyn Becker is in the final stages of terminal breast and gastric cancer and was told last week she could only have hours to live. Her sister Jennifer flew from California to Melbou...rne to be with her but due to Covid restrictions is quarantined for two weeks. She has been given special leave from the hotel to be with her for an hour a time. Each visit, our time is cut short and it’s devastating says Robyn. Jennifer understands the necessity of the quarantine but says that there could be some flexibility for those in palliative care, I want to be with her, I want talk to her, I want to hold her hand, comfort her and hug her Robyn would sadly pass away on July 10th, seven weeks later. :: Congrats to all the winners and finalists ::

06.01.2022 14/07/20 Today saw the final instalment of ‘Lives in the Sky’, an insight into life for some of Australia’s most marginalised groups living in Melbournes Public housing estates :: photographs by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: 1. Hamdi Ali is a resident of the 141 Nicholson Street flats, part of the Carlton public housing complex. In 2005, after a prolonged dispute with the Immigration Department, Hamdi and his new wife, Fatuma and their two children were finally on their wa...y to Australia, and to his delight, a high-rise Carlton commission flat in his own name. When I moved in I saw a completely different world. I so much loved it. He is now the secretary of the Carlton Housing Estate Residents Service. 2. 'Fuck my Life'. Twelve hours after re-opening, Government cleaners are tasked with deep cleaning the Canning Street building in North Melbourne. The building was in enforced lockdown for five days after cases of Covid-19 were traced to the Housing Commission apartments in North Melbourne and Flemington :: #photojournalism #reportage #reportagephotography #reportagespotlight #melbourne #covid19 #coronavirus #marginalised #marginalisedvoices #carlton #mentalhealth #africanaustralian #publichousing #publichousinglockdown @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

06.01.2022 19/07/20 The state government today announced that the states aged care facility’s would not be allowed to open to anyone other than staff or residents due to the spike in Covid-19 cases :: Helen lives with Dementia and her daughters would regularly visit her in her home at the @lifeview_melbourne aged care home in Cranbourne, Melbourne. Maria and Poppy loved to embrace mum even though it was through the ‘hugging curtain’ and wearing masks and gloves. This virus is cruel in so many ways :: photograph by @cnhop :: as part of an ongoing project looking at the ways in which our regular activities have been affected by the pandemic :: #photojournalism #covid-19 #coronavirus #melbourne #parrallelagram #huggingcurtain #dementia #mentalhealth

05.01.2022 Big thanks to the Australian Photography Awards - APA and the judges for recognising this image. Congrats to the shortlisted and winners in subsequent categories also.

04.01.2022 23/09/20 Anai Agali, Lira District. George Abaa leans in to wake his eleven year old daughter Naomi Ecuto. Naomi lives with cerebral Palsy but has still yet to be formally diagnosed. George, a local builder, relies on information from community outreach workers ike Jimmy Aner (seen in image 2 discussing Naomi s condition with George) for information on her condition. She will spend most of the day sitting or lying on a sack in the limited shade of a small shrub in the front ...yard of the family home. Her spine is curved and she requires assistance to move to the toilet :: for full report in @aljazeeraenglish by myself and @beau.donelly go to: https://interactive.aljazeera.com//uganda-hidde/index.html :: #photojournalism #uganda #africa #disability #disabilityawareness #intellectualdisabilities #mentalhealth #health @embracekulture #nomorehiddenchildren

04.01.2022 31/09/20 Rose Quirante Uayan, a final year LaTrobe University nursing student is one of many students who has had her studies and social life hugely disrupted by the pandemic :: photograph by @cnhop For @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald :: #covid19 #coronavirus #pandemic #photojournalism #lockdown #melbourne #melbournelockdown

04.01.2022 03/10/20 Lucky Diamond Rich is the worlds most tattooed man. With the world at his feet in the entertainment industry his life spiralled into homelessness and poverty due to an addiction to Chrystal Meth. Now clean for three years he is living what is perceived as a ‘normal’ life :: see full story by Matilda Bosely in @guardianaustralia: https://www.theguardian.com//i-was-looking-at-death-how-th :: photographs by @cnhop for @guardianaustralia :: #photojournalism #drugaddiction #melbourne #mentalhealth #tattoo @therealluckyrich #meth @piceditor.theguardian.au #portraitphotography #everydayaustralia #worldsmosttattooedman #themanbehindthetattoo

04.01.2022 18/04/20 On a Saturday the steps outside the State Library are a place for reading, quiet lunches, reflection and often the place for public gatherings and protests. Today they are frequented only by seagulls and with the absence of foot traffic covered in birdshit :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #coronavirus #melbourne #australia #virus #covid19 #thetimesareachanging

03.01.2022 01/04/20 New mum, Emma gave birth to her first child, Benjamin in early January. They have been in social isolation since February when the Coronavirus started impacting Melbourne. She is devastated that I bought him into a world that has so much uncertainty and has lost its freedom to live a normal life :: The impact of Covid-19 goes far beyond those immediately affected and will do for years to come :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #coronavirus #portraitphotography #covid19 #mentalhealth #melbourne #australia

03.01.2022 29/11/20 Part of a new project detailing our return to nature after hard lockdown featured as new work for Guardian Australia written by Calla Wahlquist Thanks Carly Earl

02.01.2022 09/05/20 Early morning light in a city lockdown walk to work, Bourke Street, Melbourne :: photograph by @cnhop :: #photojournalism #streetphotography #melbourne #coronavirus #covid19 #lockdown

02.01.2022 17/09/20 Portraits as a part of latest work for @aljazeeraenglish :: For the complete report on Uganda’s hidden children; their lack of systemic support, battle with cultural taboos and a societal lack of knowledge, with words by @beau.donelly see link in bio :: Entebbe. 20 year old Edith* lives with Downs Syndrome. As a teenage girl she would be abducted as she walked home from school and sexually abused. Now undergoing counselling in Entebbe, the trauma of recounting her ex...perience becomes too much. *Name changed for security purposes :: Obur, Soroti District. Paul Oribo lives with Cerebral Palsy. His father, Simon Okurut cares for Paul alone after his wife fled their village after Paul's diagnosis. Simon is a minority in Uganda. Generally the father disowns the child living with disability :: Lugonjo. Salma Kobusinge lives with what is believed to be Autism. She does not speak, has Epilepsy, Sickle cells, is deaf and blind in her right eye. Her mother, Nono Zubeda has told disability outreach worker Stephan Kabenge that she wishes Salma was dead :: #photojournalism #uganda #disability #mentalhealth #intellectualdisabilities #health #africa #hiddenchildren @embracekulture #childabuseawareness #disabilityawareness #disabiltyrights #nomorehiddenchildren See more

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02.01.2022 06/06/20 Black Lives Matter, Melbourne :: Photographs by Chris Hopkins Photojournalist for The Age The Sydney Morning Herald

01.01.2022 03/05/20 This image of ‘Lawrence’ from my 2015 series Living in the Shadow:Trauma, is being shown as part of Head On Photo Festival online exhibition - ‘Paper Tigers’. A collection of images from Australian photojournalists. To view and hear the panel discussion go to https://www.headon.com.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=164 Nakivale, Uganda. Lawrence, a Rwandan Hutu, in his home in the refugee settlement of Nakivale, South-West Uganda. After the Rwandan genocide in 1994... the Tutsi minority turned the table on their persecutors and began their revenge against the Hutu. As a result Lawrence fled to neighboring Tanzania. He returned in 1996, only to be imprisoned. Released seven years later, he returned to his wife and two children, and three days later they had their home burned down as they slept. As he tried to escape, the molten plastic tarpaulin used as roofing, collapsed onto his back. He suffered third-degree burns to his back and arms and spent four months in hospital. His wife and children were killed in the attack. His arms do not straighten at the elbows and shaking hands is an effort. He cannot manage a smile. Whilst forgiving his attackers, Lawrence struggles with what has happened and his circumstances now. Whatever pain I have I got I got from my country, I can return to my country but I will still have the pain; I stay here; I still have the pain. My life is not good at all, for two days I have not eaten because I cannot work. When I see my children praying for food beside me, I feel so sad. See more

01.01.2022 30/12/20 Having worked with local communities of CALD backgrounds in Wyndham for the past seven years, working on this story for Guardian Australia with Nino Bucci and Carly Earl was both rewarding and an eye opener :: https://www.theguardian.com//the-virus-does-discriminate-b

01.01.2022 I have a chat to Capture magazine about 'Invisible Wounds', the processes and the acquisition of the project by the Australian War Memorial

01.01.2022 01/05/20 It seems like a lifetime ago but the bushfire crisis and the work of Australian Photojournalists is being recognised by the The Walkley Foundation foundation and Head On Photo Festival with an online exhibition :: I have some images that I made while on assignments with Guardian Australia and Getty Images alongside some extremely talented photojournalists in the digital showing :: 1. A ‘battle fatigued’ Brian and Elizabeth Blakeman embrace after fighting off, and sa...ving, their home after fire razed the tiny hamlet of Wairewa, East Gippsland. Photograph by Christopher Hopkins for Getty Images 2. Backpackers watch the fire that destroyed Sarsfield, East Gippsland roll towards Bairnsdale and the campsite they were heading towards. Photograph by Christopher Hopkins for The Guardian :: see here for full digital exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENuACsejws&t=59s

01.01.2022 30/04/20 If you have a project thats travelling along nicely take a look at entering the Australian Photography Awards - APA - Stories. The fine people over there did a quick Q&A with me regarding working towards a long form project and story-telling using photography as a medium. You can take a read here: https://stories.australianphotographyawards.com.au//chris/ The entry details are up in the top right..