Vale Carol … My Best Subject … ABC Far North
Carol Mayer … heroic burns survivor, subject of my some of my most successful images and all round great lady … very sadly died in December 2020 after a fight with the Big C. Carol fought for her life and won after a house fire left her near death with burns to 85% of her body … but cruelly cancer eventually beat her.
Carol allowed me to make memorable images of the results of the fire on her body. They gained recognition in Australia and around the World. Carol’s rationale in allowing me to make them was that she hoped the work would empower other burns survivors. The pictures not only resonated with other burns survivors but also gave Carol a boost in self confidence helped her embark on many speaking events.
In the days following her death in December 2020 I was asked to share my thoughts about Carol and my images of her in an interview on ABC Radio Drive with presenter Adam Stephen.
The interview (below) runs for 8 minutes and 43 seconds.
March 5th, 2013
Love your new website Brian! I like the variety of pages, including the ability to ‘play’… Of course, above all else is the magnifiecent photography, particularly the portraiture…! Particularly of interest to me was the Seoul images… My son and daughter in law are teaching there and live there with their three small children… You seem to have brought out a side of Seoul few see…