Only a Man  confronts the prejudices and typecasting of men and emotions. This telling work features the journey of 39 men who have exposed their bodies, minds and souls by providing an insight into their most intimate thoughts and emotions. Adam Milgate’s story was the inspiration for the ‘Only a Man’ collection. His image was Highly Commended at the 2002 Josephine Ulrick National Photography Prize held at the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery. It was while on a photo shoot with Mason in Kakadu that Milgate heard that an acquaintance and his children had been killed in a terrible car accident. He recalls, ‘Everybody was shocked and stunned by the news. We received another call shortly afterwards to say that ‘it was only the father who had died’. It was the word only which plagued my mind for some time after and through my own personal traumas and perhaps sensitivities, I began to write about a man’s place in society and my belief that we, as men, are easily disposable.’ The stories of these men and their search to find love, joy and empathy are portrayed in this work. Each one shares their experiences of growing up, male beauty, identity, war, work, divorce, fatherhood, disability, ageing, grief, and death.