Young Aurukun leader Tyrell Wolmby is using his photography win to inspire the next generation. Photo: Supplied.
A budding photographer from Aurukun is using his talent to inspire young kids from his community to work hard and believe in themselves.
Tyrell Wolmby, currently a senior at Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, won the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation Creative Arts Competition for his outstanding photographic work last month.
Mr Wolmby, who is also a member of PCYC Aurukun’s Kang Kang Youth leadership team when he is in community over the school holidays, said he hoped his win would inspire kids aspiring to boarding school.
“I reckon I can let the younger ones know they can do big stuff and follow their passions and win competitions if they work hard,” he said.
The young photographer’s winning work was a portrait photo of a friend, but he didn’t take it expecting to win any competitions.
“It was for my art assignment, and I was just taking photos of my friend – I told him, go for a walk, and I took a back photo of him,” Mr Wolmby explained.
“I thought it was going to be a regular photo, but then I handed that to Miss and she was really impressed about my photo skills.
“She told me there’s a competition going on and she entered me, and I’m like, yeah cool.”
Parents Anthony Yunkaporta and Marcia Wolmby said they were extremely proud of their son, not only for his skills with the camera, but also for the way he was representing himself and the Aurukun community.
“He’s one of those people who is, you know, good at art and has a good eye for it, I think,” Mr Yunkaporta said.
“This is good for our family, but Aurukun too,” Ms Wolmby said.
“He makes us all very proud.”
