Eva Schroeder, Liam (PEOPLE 2023)

In 2022, I was introduced to Liam, a 17-year-old aspiring Canberra actor who had won a role in the Everyman Theatre Company’s production of Beautiful Thing. I had captured several actor portraits that day, all for that particular production, but this image was by far my favourite. It had that something ‘special’. I then had the opportunity to see Liam perform and was blown away by how sensitively he portrayed his role. Over the course of the production’s season and beyond, Liam turned 18, had his curls removed to raise money for charity and won the Best Youth Performance at the inaugural Ovations – new Performing Arts Awards for the Canberra and Queanbeyan region.

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