Photojournalism

Reportage Censored

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The Guterres family, return to the burnt out remains of their home, as rampaging Militia, alongside Indonesian soldiers, continued to torch nearby buildings. Dili Timor Leste September 1999 ©David Dare Parker

The Guterres family return to the burnt out remains of their home, as rampaging Militia and Indonesian soldiers torch nearby buildings. Dili Timor Leste September 1999 ©David Dare Parker

Links:
The Guardian – Success for Vivid but lingering fears over censorship
Sunrise – The Power of Photography
The Conversation – Our duty to look: why censoring press photos is wrong
The Sydney Morning Herald: Censored – Images of our ugly truths, natural and man-made
The Sydney Morning Herald – Reportage Uncensored
Reportage on Facebook
Reportage Photography Festival
Reportage – Censored

Frontline Freelance Register Launch

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Frontline Freelance Register (FFR) is run by freelancers, for freelancers. FFR aims to provide freelance foreign and conflict journalists with representation and a sense of community, vital in this fragmented profession.

Championing journalistic best practice and the observation of industry-level safety standards, FFR works with organisations that provide support to, or employ the services of, its members – to better support those members.

The Code of Conduct that the FFR’s members commit to upholding demonstrates their commitment to professionalism while conducting their work.

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PEACE – Exhibition by °SOUTH in Cairns

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Thai/Burma Border ©Jack Picone ˝SOUTH

Tanks Arts Centre is proud to host the national launch of °South’s latest exhibition, PEACE.

Featuring work by Sean Flynn, Tim Page, Stephen Dupont, David Dare Parker, Jack Picone, Ben Bohane, Michael Coyne and Ashley Gilbertson, PEACE showcases a collection of images that provide a personal reflection of peace, captured amongst the environment of war.  °South is a collective of dedicated and award-winning Australian documentary photographers who have covered conflicts from Vietnam in ‘65 to present day Afghanistan.  PEACE challenged these photographers to probe their archives, finding new meaning in old images.  There are no rainbows: these are images from the heart.  Launch by Mayor of Cairns, Bob Manning.  

LAUNCH & PUBLIC FORUM:  FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER FROM 6PM – $10.00

EXHIBITION IS OPEN: 9AM-4.30PM WEEKDAYS + 11AM-3PM WEEKENDS (until 2 December and then closed weekends thereafter).
COST: FREE
VENUE: TANK 4

www.tanksartscentre.com

Fremantle Workshop with David Dare Parker and Martine Perret

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Photographers David Dare Parker and Martine Perret will be running a two day photography workshop in Fremantle, Western Australia, on December 15th and 16th 2012.

Maubisse market, East Timor ©Martine Perret

Across two days, David Dare Parker and Martine Perret will mentor you through the craft of visual storytelling. You will learn about:

* Tools of the trade: still photographs, video and audio

* The craft of storytelling through photographic images

* Finding and researching a subject and theme

* Shooting to tell the story

* Editing your photo essay

* The use of multimedia in storytelling: Platforms and trends

* Developing your personal vision or style

* Ethics and responsibilities in documentary photography

For more information click here: ‘The Visual Narrative: Telling a Story Through Pictures’

To reserve a place or ask a question contact us here: Email