John Maddocks

Specialisations: Culture, civilisations, architecture, history

Awards: Best Australian Story (ASTW Travel Journalism Awards for Excellence 2010)

John Maddocks is an award-winning travel photojournalist. John currently serves on the Committee of the Australian Society of Travel Writers, where he previously served from 2007 to 2009.

His articles and images appear regularly in major national and international mass circulation newspapers and magazines including The Australian, The Sun Herald, The Sunday Age, the Sunday Herald Sun, The Brisbane Times, Vacations & Travel, The Open Road, Royal Auto, Get Up and Go, Australian Traveller, Luxury Travel, Burke's Backyard magazine, OUTthere, Country Living (UK), AA Directions, Discover magazine, Adventure (NZ), Backpacker Essentials, Asian Geographic, RV Experience and WA Today. John holds a Master of Arts with first class honours and PhD in English from the University of Sydney.

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