Podcast … 1 Hour 24 Minutes on Photojournalism & I … 

… very happy to be featured nattering to Podcaster and former journalist/photographer Issac McCarthy for … whoa … an hour and twenty odd minutes about photojournalism and my pictorial work over the last several decades. Isaac hosts “How Good Are Humans” podcasts available on Spotify, Buzzsprout and Apple etc … and my little natter with him is his 54th Episode since beginning in 2020.

Isaac entitled this episode “Getting the Shot in Brothels, Refugee Camps and Disaster Zones | Photojournalism | Brian Cassey” … and it can be listened to right here …

If you’d rather listen on your own device you can find the podcast at Spotify here … https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DEvcB5suDfqmQkmIQdAo7 … and Buzzsprout here …   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1317145/episodes/17195749-getting-the-shot-in-brothels-refugee-camps-and-disaster-zones-photojournalism-brian-cassey … and also on Apple and wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Isaac is a terrific talented compere, extremely knowledgable about the media and certainly completes pain staking research on his subjects. In our hour and twenty four minutes and 32 seconds chat Isaac and I touch on the ethics of photojournalism, working and making images in hostile environments, gaining the trust of pictorial subjects, telling stories that inform the planet and ‘keeping the bastards honest’,  the stories around several of my favourite images, the future of photojournalism … and much more …

If have you any interest about what I’ve been up to for the last few decades and curious about the ‘realities’ of photojournalism and media photography … pull up a comfy chair (and a couple of glasses of Shiraz or similar) … and relax for near an hour and a half.

Would really enjoy your feedback … 

(Images referred to in the Podcast may be found on my website at … www.briancasseyphotographer.com … All Isaac’s Podcasts can be found here … https://open.spotify.com/show/7tzkkhieb3c519LFfaj770 ).

Thanks Isaac … a great chat … 

‘Black Lives Matter’ … Cairns …

Eight minutes and 46 seconds … a length of time that will reverberate down history. George Floyd was killed by a police officer kneeling with all his weight on his neck for 8:46. Floyds death at the hands of this Minneapolis police officer sparked massive  protests and demonstrations across America and around the World. The ‘Black Lives Matter’ and the ‘I Can’t Breath’ movement exploded across the divide of races and boundaries.

The movements brought the spotlight in Australia not only to Floyds death and the mounting death toll of African Americans at the hands of the US police … but also to the hideous numbers of Australian indigenous ‘deaths in custody’ … four hundred and thirty two since 1991.

On a Global scale last Sunday’s Cairns protest, against aboriginal deaths in custody and to show solidarity with the George Floyd protestors in the US, wasn’t Globally significant. However, to the people of Cairns … from all races and walks of life … it was worth risking Covid-19 to have their numerous voices heard.

The event in the centre of Cairns was all of … emotional, vociferous, passionate, meaningful and imperative. It was a pleasure to document despite the fact that I would rather it wasn’t necessary.

Below are a small selection of the images I made at the protest … a lot more may be found on my Instagram feed at … https://www.instagram.com/brian_cassey/

and my Facebook page at … https://www.facebook.com/brian.cassey1

Images © Brian Cassey

'Black Lives Matter' Protest Cairns - George Floyd - Aboroiginal Deaths in Custody - images by Brian Cassey

'Black Lives Matter' Protest Cairns - George Floyd - Aboroiginal Deaths in Custody - images by Brian Cassey

'Black Lives Matter' Protest Cairns - George Floyd - Aboroiginal Deaths in Custody - images by Brian Cassey

'Black Lives Matter' Protest Cairns - George Floyd - Aboroiginal Deaths in Custody - images by Brian Cassey

'Black Lives Matter' Protest Cairns - George Floyd - Aboroiginal Deaths in Custody - images by Brian Cassey