I am a professional photographer based in Melbourne, I specialise in humanitarian photography and photojournalism.
Happy new year. I thought I would leave the year with some of my pix of people I photographed flying in 2010 to inspire you in 2011. (well at least trying). © 2010.
“Example moves the world more than doctrine. Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. “
Travelled with these guys from the Oaktree Foundation in Timor Leste. I was shooting for Plan Australia. Vid was made by Chris Phillips (very Talented) and will put up some of his other work in the coming months. Will also put up some of my work for Plan from Timor Leste and West Timor soon.
Photographer friend Mitch Bear has been playing around with some video. Love the use of the different angles on the bike and his depth of field use.
After 112 years of trading, the famous Forges of Footscray, a local institution shut down for business on July 18. Like so many retailers before them they just cannot compete with our desire to shop in sterile shopping centres like Highpoint (aka, Knifepoint, Hellpoint, Lowpoint). Before you do your shopping this Christmas, spare a thought for this family made redundant. Dummies!
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In Kuwait, it is illegal to use a DSLR in public if you’re not a professional photographer. That is the conclusion of three Kuwaiti government ministries – The Ministry of Information, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Finance – who opined that photography should be used for journalism purposes only.
Whadda eff? If you’re an amateur or a hobbyist, you simply have no right to lug around a digital single lens reflex camera in public places, on the streets and in malls. It’s no go for you, Pedro, if you’re not a pro.
Reporter Abdullah Al-Qattan of the Kuwaiti Times reports that young people in that Middle Eastern country are confused about what to do with their cameras if they can’t use them in public. They are also wondering why such laws are implemented in the first place.
But before everybody rushes to conclusions (especially if you have Western upbringing), it might help to consider the Islamic tradition of prohibiting human images in any form of visual art. The proliferation of those big, black cameras is simply too much for conservatives to endure.
This article is based on an article from the newspaper Kuwait Times that has now revealed it to be a hoax. Seems like Reporter Abdullah Al-Qattan like many reporters before him didn’t check out all the facts. http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzAwMTg4ODg1
This story was jumped on by the global press. Photographers may indeed use their DSLRs in public. However, some common protocols are enforced, such as not using them at military bases or embassies.
As public Enemy once told me “Don’t Believe the hype”
