• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne
• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
• Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
• State Library of Queensland

• AIPP Kodak Australian Professional Photographer of the Year 1993
• Ballantine’s Finest International Photography Award 1992
• Bulletin Mumm Cordon Rouge Photographic Award Winner 1989
• Bulletin Mumm Cordon Rouge Photographic Award Winner 1990
• Brisbane Advertising Club Awards 1989/93/94/98

Craig Holmes was born in Brisbane in 1956. He began working in the newspaper darkroom, Courier Mail in 1972.

Holmes opened an advertising and commercial photographic studio in the early 1980s and has been the recipient of numerous national awards for professional practice including the AIPP Kodak Australian Professional Photographer of the Year 1993, Bulletin/Mumm Cordon rouge Photographic Award 1989 and Ballantine’s Finest International Photography Award 1992. Throughout his career Holmes has produced self-initiated social documentary projects working on topics such as Indigenous Australians, Ashtons Circus and others.

He has exhibited nationally and internationally and his photographs have been collected by: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, National Gallery of Australia and other national and state institutions.

• Water Line, The University Of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2008
• Of Caravans and Canvas, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, 1992
• Kowanyama Warriors, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, 1991
• Ashton’s Circus, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, 1990
• Insights, Imagery Gallery, Brisbane, 1988

• Featured Artist, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney 2019
  Metro Man
• Featured Artist Head On Photo Festival, Sydney 2019 Of Caravans and Canvas
• The Body’s Terrain, Benalla Art Gallery, 2017
• MGA Collection: Holding on, letting go, Monash Gallery of Art 2008
• Photographs from the MGA Collection, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 2006
• Images of Australian Men, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 2002
• Watermarks: Adventure, Sport & Play, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 2001
• Waterproof, Lisbon World Exposition, Lisbon, 1998
• The Power to Move, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1996
• Face Value, Waverley City Gallery, 1996
• Who’s That Girl, Waverley City Gallery, 1995
• The Critics Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1994
• Summertime Swim, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 1993
• Outside Looking In, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1992

• ‘Craig Holmes’, Water Line, The University Of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2008
• ‘Peter Conrad’, At Home in Australia, National Gallery of Australia/Thames & Hudson, London, 2003
• ‘Craig Holmes’, Not Only Black + White, No.53, Studio Magazines, Sydney, 2001
• Fuji ACMP Australian Photographers Collection, Vol.3 & 4, 1996, 1997
• ‘Craig Holmes: Sportfolio’, Inside Sport, Gemkilt Publishing, Sydney, March 1994
• ‘Aqua Vitae’, Commercial Photography in Australia, Yaffa Publishing, Sydney, Jan/Feb 1993
• ‘Great Moments in Creative Photography’, Professional Photography in Australia, Vol.49, Horwitz Graham, Sydney, 1993
• ‘Craig Holmes’, Not Only Black + White, No.2, Studio Magazines, Sydney, 1993
• ‘Craig Holmes’, Vis A Vis International, No.12, Visualis Sarl, Paris, 1992
• ‘Les Miroirs D’eau de Craig Holmes’, Photo France, No.295, Filipacchi, Paris, 1992

General Motors Canada, Speedo Australia, Reebok, Kodak Australasia, Royal Queensland Theatre Company, Lyric Opera of Queensland, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Boots Healthcare, Qantas, Pfizer, Penguin Books, Australia Post, Telstra, BOC Gases Australia, Vogue Living Australia, Australian Tourist Commission, Midsummer Books London, Triumph International, ANA Hotels, Novotel Resorts, Uwatec, Palmolive, Sygma, The Image Bank.