April 17th, 2012
Following on from the huge success of the universally praised initial edition of photography magazine ‘Take’, publisher Andrew Johnstone has just released ‘Take’ edition 2.
Really pleased and humble to be amongst the 26 photographers from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Argentina and Italy featured in the publication.
Excellent work from all through the 122 pages of images … all wrapped in a great hard cover … and all for just a cent under twenty bucks! Particularly pleased to see works from Jonathan Clifford, Jon Reid and Katrin Koenning also featuring.
My set in ‘Take’ 2 is the pic essay “Soulless in Seoul” which portrays the plight of the homeless in Seoul, South Korea who are being evicted from the Seoul Railway Station. To see it, do yourself a favour and buy a copy of ‘Take’ 2. If 19.99 is beyond your budget my Seoul images can be found here either on my website or on the site of my collective ‘fotostrada’.
To get your copy of ‘Take’ 2 go to the Take Magazine Facebook page here.
Below is an image of the beautiful hard cover of the new ‘Take’ 2 magazine and images of my featured pages.
Images © Take Magazine and Brian Cassey





November 12th, 2012
Your coverage is amazing. I’ve been to Hong Kong and seen the crowding, but your images and text bring a whole new dimension. It is possible to imagine from your images what life must be like for these poor forgotten people. I’m amazed that you have been able to capture as many shots as you have, in view of the incredibly cramped conditions, from a technical aspect I am interested to know the camera, lens and settings that you used, if you are prepared to tell me. I’m not trying to ‘pinch’ any ideas here, I’m a pure amateur just keen to learn.
I have been following a few photo blogs, but not found one from a photo journalist so far – it gives meaning to photos, not just the pleasure of viewing. You have created, not only an accurate pictorial record, but managed to invoke emotion from your writing as well. I actually read the article before viewing the photos and you had already painted a fairly precise picture – but still the photos were moving. You have captured the essence of misery these people must live with each day.
November 18th, 2012
THANK YOU Kirsty for your kind words … very gratifying ! I must admit to having a strong commitment to this story – it was my second visit to HK to record the low cost ‘housing’ situation. Not an easy story to gain access and cover …
Regarding kit … just a Nikon D3s usually with a 24-70 or 14-24 when it got real tight! Probably used 1600 or 3200 asa for inside shots.