Why would some people rather eat brussel sprouts with mustard and peanut butter than have a photograph taken? Why do some people hug the camera as it if was their dearest long lost primary school friend that they haven’t seen in thirty years? Is it simply that some people think they break the camera glassContinue reading “Make Me Look Beautiful: Challenges of Documentary Photography”
It’s off to Town I go
Once a week I take our car (we are a one vehicle family and no it’s not the picture above that’s another of my favourite activities looking for pictures in Tully and elsewhere) and head off into Tully or on other adventures. Here is an account of one typical day in town. Ironically as IContinue reading “It’s off to Town I go”
State Elections Country Style
Election Day Queensland will be a day for me to remember conversations about Mum’s transitioning back into the work forces, how many creative people live in Murray Upper (potters, artists, and writers) and telling true inspiring tales of my Mum from Papua New Guinea. It will also be a day to remember the enterprising natureContinue reading “State Elections Country Style”
Experiences of Epiphany in the big Smoke – Part 4
Presenting the Aftermath story is quite emotional. I have to hold back tears as I hear Carolyn’s story once more, even though I know things are pretty cool for her family these days – it makes me think of all the people who have been forced to move away from the area. News stories areContinue reading “Experiences of Epiphany in the big Smoke – Part 4”
Imagining the Cast of Seinfield in Murray Upper
What can you do when it’s so wet and humid that every piece of material in your house smells like ten pairs of dried up socks rolled in blue vein cheese and hung like streamers at a birthday party for the grouch on Sesame Street? What do you do, when you feel like you’ve beenContinue reading “Imagining the Cast of Seinfield in Murray Upper”
June Paisa Perkins 