The Light Harvester

Following are images for use in “The Light Harvester” memoir.

Looking at slide film with a unset over Sydney Harbour in the background

The day after the Bali Bombing, October 2002

One of my first street photographs, shot on 3200 Black and White film, then printed on Carbon Fibre Paper. Kings Cross, Sydney, 1997

Sydney clouds

A grainy black and white photo of a man beside Sydney Harbour

Blondi & I, 2002. Image by Adam Hollingworth

After quitting my job. Image by Tamara Voninsky

“Honey Ant Dreaming” being painted by Janet Nakamurra & family

A young Warlpiri “supergirl” holds a new dingo pup as its mother looks on anxiously

Abandoned cars in the central Australian desert

Children in the Northern Beaches

Mustard coloured cars and schoolgirls in Cuba

Blondie photographing a child in a dug out canoe, Lido Beach, Northern Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea . In the midst of a Sing Sing

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea. In the remote upper Sepik River region, a young man shows his initiation scars, cut to resemble a crocodile’s skin. Crocodiles live in the river and are an honoured creature.

Blondie, Banjo & Tanya, Papua New Guinea 2004

Perpignan, France

Bondi Beach, Sydney after a storm

Tourists on a dhouw boat, Zanzibar

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Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar. 2002
Sheltering from a sudden downpour is a daily event during the monsoon.

September, 2002.
Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar.
Jumping Cat Monastery. A monk entices a cat to jump through a hoop to the amusement of the occasional tourist.

September, 2002.
Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar.
Returning from the floating markets on Inle Lake during the afternoon rains on Inle Lake.

September, 2002.
Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar.
Making Rice Balls. Three women fold a fragile mixture of rice flower into balls, a staple of the daily diet. They work 12 hours each day.

September, 2002.
Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar.
A woman shelters from the rain inside a tea shop, whilst another runs past.

September, 2002.
Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar.
A woman bows in prayer inside a temple of Shwedagon Paya, the most sacred Buddhist temple in the country.

September, 2002.
Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar.
After collecting rain water in a tin, a man sets to work lighting a fire to make a pot of Chinese tea.

September, 2002.
Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar.
A young mother stands in the field near her home with her baby. While practically self-sufficient in resources, she is collects firewood 6 days a week, which she sells at the market for Kyat needed to buy medicine.

September, 2002.
Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar.
Women from a warring ethnic minority near the border of Thailand are forced to relocate to a governement run village near Nyaungshwe where they spend their days on display for the occasional tourist.