Marian Patterson is not your typical model.
Aged 68, she is a Tiwi Islander woman with greying hair and eyes that shift from soft hazel to piercing blue.
After two decades as an early childhood teacher in the Top End community of Gapuwiyak, she embarked on a second career.
"When you think about modelling, you think about women who are tall, thin, blonde," Patterson said.
"And you have to wear shoes! But that's not me.
A 1978 LandCruiser "rust bucket" is being converted into a waterproof electric vehicle that its team of engineers hopes will make it across Darwin Harbour — under water.
Simon Ferguson wraps himself around a silver pole, tearing off a high-vis shirt and tradie shorts to reveal bright pink speedos, with the word "hero" emblazoned across a taut muscular backside.
Holding out for a Hero plays at top volume and women scream as Mr Ferguson clings to the pole by his arms, performing a horizontal body ripple.
For someone who describes himself as painfully shy, and an "extreme introvert", performing before hundreds of people has been a surprisingly invigorating experience.
When Captain Jesse Noble realised they were gender diverse, it "was kind of like getting hit in the face with a truck".
"I really associate with both genders," Captain Noble said.
"It's this middle ground of the two."
At 35 years old, they had spent their entire life in the Pentecostal Church. They had a career as a captain in the Australian Army.
In a rundown Darwin warehouse that heats up like a sauna under the stifling tropical sun, Ash Lindner, 54, can reliably be found buried in bike parts, and says he's never felt better.
"This is the jungle," says Mr Lindner with a laugh, as he steps into a chaotic maze of bent wheels, old tyres, rusted chains, brakes and gear cassettes.
Naturists have revealed scars, loose skin and bumps in a celebration of body positivity while playing nude golf at Humpty Doo, just outside of Darwin.
On the coldest Darwin day since 1942, when the overnight temperature got down to 13.4 degrees this week, they wore nothing but shoes, socks, hats and mosquito repellent.
For many, it was their first time playing golf and some found themselves in the rough in the buff more than once.
Warren Clancy saw potential when he came across a catamaran lying abandoned in the middle of mangroves covered in vines, with a tree growing through the middle.
"I looked at the hulls and just fell in love with them instantly," he said.
In his solo exhibition for Darwin Festival, midling (Larrakia: together), Lee displays a series of portraits that range from playful to erotic.
He confronts themes of masculinity and beauty through a lens shaped by his Larrakia, Wardaman, Filipino, Chinese, Scottish, and German origins.