FEATURED PROJECT
Big River
The rivers of the Murray–Darling Basin have shaped the landscapes and communities of inland Australia. Along their banks, towns have grown, livelihoods have developed, and generations have built connections to water and the life it sustains.
Dams, weirs and irrigation channels tell another part of this story: how we have reshaped the river system to meet our needs. The health of these waterways is closely tied to the wellbeing of the wetlands, wildlife and communities that depend on them.
This ongoing photography project explores that relationship, documenting the rivers and the everyday lives connected to them. Through riverbanks, small towns and the structures that control the flow of water, it considers how we live with these waterways, the changes we have made, and our shared responsibility for their future.
The Dispatch
Hey! I’m Heidi Fin, a photographer, fundraiser and science communicator.
Based in Dookie, Victoria, I document the natural world and everyday eccentricities of regional Australia. I’m drawn to things left to gather dust, the little ways people make a place their own, and birds that won’t sit still.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to make the world a better place for nature. That drive has guided over 15 years of work in communications and fundraising, supporting the people and organisations fighting for a healthier planet.
Community, creativity and storytelling sit at the heart of all of it, behind the camera and beyond it.
My photographs have appeared in Bustle, Marketing Mag, EUobserver and The Political Quarterly.
I’m an open book.