One Sunday morning in January, just before it opened to the dining-public, I did a photo shoot for Woodland House in Prahran, Melbourne. Woodland House is the work of chefs Thomas Woods and Hayden McFarland, located on the site of the ‘old’ Jacques Reymond restaurant. Both Thomas and Hayden worked for Reymond for several years, and areContinue reading “Woodland House”
Author Archives: Amy Feldtmann
Gathering for Reza
On Sunday 16 February 2014, a violent riot took place in Australia’s offshore-detention centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. During the violence, a young Iranian man, Reza Berati, was killed. A week later, on Sunday 23 February, candlelight vigils — ‘Light the Dark’ — were held around Australia. There were reportedly more than 700Continue reading “Gathering for Reza”
Just the facts: Australia and refugees
Last week, I found myself in a long and heated discussion with a friend about refugees in Australia. The friend was quoting some wild ‘facts’, and I found myself responding along the lines of, ‘That isn’t the case — I’ll send you a link to a website that will show you’. There was then someContinue reading “Just the facts: Australia and refugees”
#FreeAJStaff
Australian Peter Greste is an award-winning journalist who has worked for many media organisations including BBC, CNN and now Al Jazeera. Since 29 December 2013, he has been held in Cairo’s high-security Tora Prison after he was arrested alongside his Al-Jazeera news colleagues in a hotel in Cairo. Egypt’s authorities say they , among otherContinue reading “#FreeAJStaff”
White Night Melbourne 2014
On Saturday 21 February, for the second year, White Night Melbourne took over the streets of the city from 7pm until 7am with lights, arts and people as far as the eye could see. Below are some of my photos, with a few more on Flickr.
Amy Feldtmann 