In these slides most of the workers can be seen wearing Army Surplus clothing; many of the men had not long been demobbed; some even knew Dad from the airstrips he'd built during the war.
Bettridges Bridge
Carbine Creek
On a later visit the engraving had become ‘known about’ and targeted for vandalism and graffiti; not long after this steel cages were welded over the engravings to protect them.
Bali: Surfing before the ‘fame’
With hindsight I’d give quids to have some 8mm footage of those days. It was the same time that William Eggleston was producing what would become his signature work.
Paris 1989
I'd had the pleasure of going to the screening of an original print of Jean Cocteau's 1946 classic La Belle et la Bete; the nascent shimmer of the silver halides off the print.
‘The Parisienne’ slated
Likened a little to Wim Wender's 'Paris Texas', it was languid; it had elements reminiscent of Ray Winstones film 'Everything'
Carnarvon Ranges
The hand stencils in this cave show a whole row of hands with the little finger missing; I was told by Fred Conway that it indicates the loss of a child.
Killing Coral
I continue to shoot this project as I feel it's an important project. During my own lifetime most of the GBR has declined significantly.
