Inside Abandoned ManusAbandoned by Australia – 600 refugees survive inside Lombrum detention centre PNG
Indigenous AustraliaImages from Indigenous communities on Cape York, Torres Strait and northern Australia.
Life in a Coffin – Hong Kong“Coffin Homes” – the latest housing manifestation in Hong Kong where poverty has reached above 20%.
Aak Puul Ngantam StockmanPortraits of the mustering crew as they return exhausted to their camp on Cape York Peninsula.
Manus Island – Heaven & Hell2016 – Manus following PNG’s High Court ruling that detaining refugees is unconstitutional.
India In an AmbassadorImages from a road trip to central India in a once ubiquitous, now disappearing, Ambassador taxi.
Soulless in SeoulHomeless evicted from Seoul Railway Station in a battle with South Korea rail network Korail.
TsunamiImages from the tsunami disasters in Asia (2004 Thailand & Indonesia) & Papua New Guinea (1998).
India – Redux – 2016Images found during a new edit of the work in India from five years ago. A fresh perspective …
Cage Dwellers of Hong KongHong Kong’s infamous lowest cost housing – the ‘Cage Home’ – and the residents who exist in them.
PortraitsPortraits of characters, celebrities and people in the news – from around the planet and Australia.
Tram – Hong KongThe Hong Kong tram as a moving colourful canvas – seemingly at odds with it’s passengers.
Banyu Pinaruh – BaliThe Balinese celebration of Banyu Pinaruh – a Festival of purification and renewal in the islands waters.
Cattle Muster – Cape YorkThe work of APN Cape York as they muster wild cattle by helicopter, quad bike and on horseback.
Cyclone YasiAn essay on the massively destructive visit to north Queensland by category 5 Cyclone Yasi.
The Dogs of Sai KungThe dog crazy residents of HK’s Sai Kung on the Sunday promenade with their prized pooches.
4th July USAIndependence Day July 4th in the small community of Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco USA
Bush RacesThe Almaden Races, Cape York – a resurgent local outback bush race meeting fighting to survive.
Portraits on a BusAn essay on the relationship between the bus passenger and the machines that convey them.
The Other Side of ManusMore than just a detention centre, Manus, PNG is an island paradise almost on the Equator (2013)
Betel Nut Ban in PNGA tradition for centuries the use and sale of betel nut is now banned despite the economic cost.
Aurukun DayAurukun indigenous community anniversary celebrations – including my APN ‘Stockman’ exhibition.
SinglesA selection of my favourite news, editorial, street images and more, which stand on their own.
SportFleeting moments from the fascinating theatre that is the world of Sport.
Animal PortraitsThe world of animals – a portrait selection of those creatures that share the planet with us humans.The announcement at the 2016 Walkley Awards … a win in the Nikon Walkley Portrait Prize for my image “Beaten Refugee” of Iraqi asylum seeker Abdullahtif Almoftaji battered in the Lorengau, Manus Island police watch house in Papua New Guinea.
It’s not even half way through the month of October … but it’s already been a cracker !!
As the month turned I received news that five of my images had been selected as Finalists in four categories of the ‘Queensland Multi Media Awards’ … the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Pullman Reef Hotel Casino Cairns on November 12th. Looking forward to that one …
That was followed by the announcement of selected finalists in the rich and prestigious ‘Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize’ … and my work ‘Number 55’ is one of the short listed images. The announcement of the $50,000 winner and the opening of the exhibition displaying all the Finalists work at Juniper Hall, Oxford Street, Paddington takes place on October 26th … and I’ll be choofing off to Sydney for that one!
Then … Thursday eve (the 13th) … the shock (to me) announcement, but wonderful news, that one of my images from the work on Manus Island PNG – of twenty year old Iraqi asylum seeker Abdullatif battered in the Lorengau police watch house – was selected as the Winner of the 2016 ‘Nikon Walkley Portrait Prize’. Magic … and now really looking forward to Australia’s media ‘night of nights’ – ‘The Walkley Awards’ – in Brisbane on Friday December 2nd. It’s the second time I’ve been lucky enough to snare the ‘Nikon Walkley Portrait Prize’ … the other being in 2011 with the portrait of Cairns burns survivor Carol Mayer.
Below is the 2016 ‘Nikon Walkley Portrait Prize’ Winner “Beaten Refugee”.
UPDATE … The Guardian has now published a great online gallery of ‘the best of’ this years Nikon Walkley winners and finalists – including my “Beaten Refugee” – at … https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/17/nikon-walkley-awards-2016-the-best-photographs
Image © 2016 Brian Cassey
‘Paper Tigers’ … on ‘Google Arts & Culture’ …
Delighted to learn that ‘Paper Tigers’ … the compilation of the work of sixty Australian photojournalists curated by myself and Head On Photo Festival director Moshe Rosenvzeig OAM … now has another great published ‘airing’ on the distinguished ‘Google Arts & Culture’ platform (including, of course, my contribution ‘Abdullatif – Beaten Asylum Seeker’ – below – from one of the GA&C pages).
It was a (lengthy) and rewarding pleasure to work with Moshe to collate this project … and wonderful to see it now showing on a new platform amongst significant works from the Worlds leading museums and archives including (but far, far from ‘not only’) MoMa in New York, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Tate Britain in London.
‘Paper Tigers – an Anthology of Australian Contemporary Photojournalism’ has already been exhibited to acclaim ‘on the walls’ at the ‘Twenty Twenty Six Gallery’ in Sydney (during last years Head On Photo Festival) and is also available in book form on the Head On website at … https://www.headon.com.au/product/paper-tigers-book … (if it hasn’t already sold out again).
The ‘Paper Tigers’ works can now be found on the ‘Google Arts & Culture’ platform at … https://artsandculture.google.com/search/exhibit…
Thanks to all the contributing PJ’s (some of which I nagged mercilessly) and the amazin’ Head On Photo Festival team.
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‘Abdullatif’ Image … ‘Nikon Walkley Portrait Prize’ Winner 2016 © Brian Cassey