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Here’s the reaction at a mate’s election party back in December 2007 when Kevin ‘07 swept aside little Johnny Howard. The sense of excitement and relief was palpable. Finally the seemingly immovable Liberal Party had been prized off its perch. And although my (and most of the electorate’s) initial enthusiasm for K. Rudd has waned [...]

The rule of thirds. It’s one of those rules of composition, apparently dating back as far as 1797, that says placing the point of interest on the intersection of imaginary lines that divide the frame into thirds creates a more pleasing image. It is often true, but it’s certainly not the only way to frame [...]

Some of you may know that I have been documenting the Sydney Street Choir over the past couple of years, getting along to rehearsals, gigs and going on the odd tour with this dedicated group of people who have not only turned their own lives around through music, but have inspired others to do the same. [...]

The high school middle distance runner in me always feels a little disappointed not to be limbering up with the masses come the second Sunday in August, so this year I made the effort to at least get up early and see what all the fuss was about.
I headed over to William St. in Kings [...]

Despite my best intentions in recent years, bad weather, need for sleep or lack of motivation has prevented me from going into the city on ANZAC Day to pay tribute to the servicemen and women who sacrificed part of their life, or in many cases sacrificed their lives, to fight wars in distant lands so that we could enjoy the freedoms [...]

check out this epic photo project on the tour de france by brent humpheys on one of my favourite photo blogs, what’s the jackanory?

relations between uyghurs and han chinese are at an all time low following a spate of voilence that has resulted in over 150 deaths in urumqi, the capital of china’s far-western xinjiang (which means new frontier in mandarin) province, an area known as east turkestan before mao and his red army invaded in 1949, yet [...]

his holiness the 14th dalai lama, who turned 74 yesterday (although that’s just in this life) so in honour of this i thought i’d share some images i have made of him on his recent visits to australia. i haven’t been fortunate enough to have on-on-one time with this great man, but hopefully these communicate his compassion, [...]

Kodak announces retirement of Kodachrome. I feel a little pang of sentimentality, although I never actually used it. Wonder if I can track some down…

Further to the story of Tiananmen Square’s unidentified hero, check out this never before published image of Tank Man taken moments before it’s more famous stablemates.