“The Other Side of Privilege” is a personal project that attempts to raise awareness of the issues affecting men. As an Australian male I’ve been told all my life that I am advantaged, empowered and privileged but I would challenge that.
It is a subject rarely discussed let alone photographed. It is a story that is untold and always ignored.
Through my passion for documentary photography blended with fine art work and the use of accepted statistics, this project attempts to create a conversation that challenges the notion of male privilege.
Each image I have created is an artistic expression of my interpretation of each issue raised in this series.
Each image is timeless as defining a time period is sometimes difficult representing the longevity of time these social issues have existed.
![58% of homeless people were male. (Australian Bureau of Statistics (2049.0 - 2016))](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/96cb38ec-46b7-420d-b5c0-9f33b644d297_rw_1920.jpg?h=5cd312298ba3e327b7c6014010a6044a)
58% of homeless people were male. (Australian Bureau of Statistics (2049.0 - 2016))
![Almost 75% of suicides were male. (Australian Bureau Of Statistics - 3303.0 (2018))](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/6f6a47b8-80a3-47ae-8087-62aca1c85385_rw_1920.jpg?h=cc5ec9244f92bdab3dea9f2b8c9ad5a5)
Almost 75% of suicides were male. (Australian Bureau Of Statistics - 3303.0 (2018))
![Women are four times more likely to gain custody of their children. Only 18.2% of males had custody of their children.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/4bb89d60-a17d-4170-aa8b-7358eb308d60_rw_1920.jpg?h=4d9e790c145bdaa28730002d65983fdf)
Women are four times more likely to gain custody of their children. Only 18.2% of males had custody of their children.
![More men die from cancer yet only receive a quarter of the funding that women’s health does.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/5d6a3c26-df70-4f51-80e0-60fad027d91b_rw_1920.jpg?h=1975a6fbf6ee60f0791726e842de28cf)
More men die from cancer yet only receive a quarter of the funding that women’s health does.
![35.3% of men experienced family violence yet are excluded from domestic violence support.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/600a2117-6641-4d4f-b96c-2f457fef8b74_rw_1920.jpg?h=7ba043268467885514cc7ab34ee5458e)
35.3% of men experienced family violence yet are excluded from domestic violence support.
![Men are 20 times more likely to die through workplace accidents than women.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/f0d0c86a-9174-46b3-95d4-60bdb3e96130_rw_1920.jpg?h=0802880268e9f48c1267ae8ffd87284f)
Men are 20 times more likely to die through workplace accidents than women.
![Men make up 92% of the prisoner population. (Australian Bureau of Statistics (2019) - 4517.0)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/90668c58-d4f8-4b77-83a4-f4e1ad2df29f_rw_1920.jpg?h=b8e599a272523f5f15dbdeee88c59a3b)
Men make up 92% of the prisoner population. (Australian Bureau of Statistics (2019) - 4517.0)
![Men wishing to enter female dominated workplaces are not privileged to Affirmative Action programs unlike women.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/8efaead5-d8df-482c-8c42-8e3b9a3648b4_rw_1920.jpg?h=1d58dcdec0b97b87636639165ce6f697)
Men wishing to enter female dominated workplaces are not privileged to Affirmative Action programs unlike women.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/1120cced-cfc9-4c47-a00c-28724ccc95fe/974f5ec1-4c67-49d0-a33c-c6d00d6ce763_rw_1920.jpg?h=9e9b58379b93913412956477ef92b4f9)