Book launch: Fit to Print with Mike Bowers

Overview

Photographer and media commentator Mike Bowers has dived back into the Fairfax Photo Archive to produce this deluxe second edition of 'Fit to Print'. Join him in conversation to discover new images, new ideas and why these images continue to strike a chord.

'Fit to Print' features over 150 images from the Fairfax Photographic Archive. In this expanded edition, curator Mike Bowers draws on his favourite images from the 2025 exhibition longlist and National Library of Australia curator Allister Mills writes about the materiality of the glass plate negatives that form the archive of over 18,000 images.

Hear from Mike in conversation about the beginnings of photojournalism and this stunning collection of images from 1890s to 1940s Australia.

Mike Bowers is a photojournalist with over 37 years' experience. He currently hosts the Talking Pictures segment on ABC TV's Insiders. He has covered 13 federal election campaigns, and photographed conflicts in Cambodia, Kosovo, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea and the Middle East.