Georgina Friend was born in the tropical jungles of Papua New Guinea and was educated in Far North Queensland. She is a Brisbane-based graphic designer, artist and photographer/writer who contributes to a number of New Guinea publications. Georgina works in advocacy and community development as a member of the Leniata Legacy, which has a particular focus on empowerment of women and preventing violence against women in her birth country. Her favourite photographic subjects are the Indigenous people from Papua New Guinea, South East-Asia and Northern Australia. Her work with nature focuses on botanical & underwater imagery, with particular emphasis on orchids, nudibranchs, sea stars, flatworms and 'the smaller creatures that often go unnoticed.