Living with Fire
People, Nature and History 
in Steels Creek 
Christine Hansen and Tom Griffiths
200 pages, 200 x 260 mm 
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING 

This design required a sympathetic touch in telling the stories of the Black Saturday fires. Presenting a range of gathered material – showing the devastation of fire while highlighting community resilience. The placement of images and text boxes within the horizontal format drew inspiration from the mountainous landscape of the area. The pictorial essay starts with a black insert and finishes on an uplifting green – taken from images of new growth emerging after the fire.