Sorry, sent before I'd finished
Ben Bohane pointed out the shame Australians should feel about the
secret war and blockade waged in Bougainville in the 90s, a direct
contravention of the UN arms embargo. He had an interesting comment that
he felt safer with the guerillas and facing the arms of his own country
than with conscripts on the government side
Jack Picone made mention of the adrenaline of war photography. His
confronting shot of two Angolan soldiers shooting a young man for
refusing to join the army happened in a matter of moments - Jack did not
find out whether he lived as he was rushed away soon after. He is sure
he could not have helped - the soldiers where so manic, nothing could
have stopped them.
David Dare Parker covered the 2004 tsunami and found that much harder
than being in a war zone. The destruction was so complete, it was
incomprehensible.
A very entertaining, Michael Coyne was one of the few western
journalists in Iran just after the revolution. He gave a lot of insight
into the mindset of the Iranian people, of whom he obviously has become
fond. His looks like a very slight, genial uncle, but being so isolated
for such a long time, he must be made of very stern stuff
Tim Page was amazing. His patrician voice and gravitas didn't hide the
fact that war photography has its addictive side. But it is not
glamourous. He talked very frankly the costs of the job. He is still
hopeful that what he does makes a difference - not often, but when it is
significant.
After a short break, Tim and Michael took to the stage again. Tim gave a
moving account of his efforts to find the remains of his friend Sean
Flynn, something that continues. He has recently been granted permission
to investigate the Vietnamese military archives for records of Flynn's
capture
It came back to the cost of seeing the unimaginable. PTSD and the way
they deal with it is something still unfathomable to me. They are still
articulate, clearly generous men, who still have hope.
Again, I recommend, if you can to visit the ACP to see the show. There
is a book accompanying the exhibition (not yet available as of this
afternoon, but should be by next week). And Tim's book, Requiem, if you
haven't a copy in your library, is being reprinted.
Normally, an ACP floor talk is about 40min to an hour. This afternoon,
it went for over 3, and I still wish they could have continued
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Derby Chang wrote:
Just got back from a superb event. Five photographers from °SOUTH gave
a floor talk on their show, WAR.
http://tmp.acp.org.au/current/
Ben Bohane pointed out the shame Australians should feel about the
secret war and blockade waged in Bougainville in the 90s, a direct
contravention of the UN arms embargo.
Derby Chang wrote:
Popped into the opening of a pretty compelling double exhibition
tonight at the Australian Centre for Photography
The Nikon Walkley awards are an annual press award, and the photo
section is always seriously good viewing. I distinctly remember the
series of photos from the Lin family funeral. They were a family
murdered here in my suburb, in fact I used to buy a lot of my
photography magazines from their newsagency. The photographer was
working for the local newspaper. Normally I never open the paper, but
the shots so moving, I had to go through the whole article. The case
remains unsolved.
°SOUTH are a pretty legendary bunch of characters, including Tim
Page, David Dare Parker, and the amazing Sean Flynn. The show is hard
going, but very much worth the effort
Highly recommended.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_10/09_10_south/index.htm
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