Dam in Drought - near Come By Chance, NSW

Farmer Johnnie McKeown walks near his truck, as he inspects a dried-up dam on the drought-affected family property of Long View on 6th October 2019, located near the town of Come By Chance, in Australia.

The 6,000 acres (2,400 hectare) property of Long View, located around 700 kilometres north-west of Sydney, has been in the McKeown family since the late 19th century. The current devastating drought affecting the flat north-west plains has meant the last 'decent' rain the property received was a decade ago, in 2010.

Biography:
David Gray began his career as a cadet photographer at The Australian newspaper (1988), working as a staff photographer (Canberra Press Gallery), then specialising in sports news. He joined Reuters News Agency (1995), covering news and sport in Asia, the South Pacific, North and South America, Europe and Africa. In 2003-2017, David was appointed Chief Photographer Australia. In 2017, he moved to Beijing, China and travelled extensively, covering events including civil unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet, the Sichuan earthquake and assignments in North Korea. In 2009, he spent two months in Sri Lanka overseeing coverage of the ending of the 25-year civil war between government troops and the Tamil Tigers. David has covered five summer and four winter Olympic Games, eleven World Cup soccer tournaments, cricket, rugby, numerous world athletics and swimming championships and 23 Australian Open Tennis Championships. David relocated to Australia for Reuters (2013) and became a freelance photographer for his own company DBG PICTURES (2018).