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”
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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”
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.
Are you a phubber?
Phubber: Someone who engages in phubbing. Phubbing: The act of snubbing someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention to them. ‘Stop Phubbing’ is a campaign against bad mobile etiquette developed by a Melbourne university student while on work experience, and it is slowly making its way around the world.Continue reading “Are you a phubber?”
The New York Experiment
Just after 9am on the morning of the 2012 Aussie Rules AFL Grand Final Day, I flew to New York. Not only was it the first time in my life I would completely miss any of the hyped atmosphere of that day (I’d even gotten up at 4am to head to London pubs to watchContinue reading “The New York Experiment”