Month: March 2015

Public phone

Day 4: Before today, Ross of West Wallsend hadn’t set foot inside a public phone booth since the late 1980’s back when there was one on almost every corner. Picking up the phone and hearing a dial tone, he was rather pleased that this one worked as he pointed out to me that most public …

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Cat

Day 4: Sunday morning stare-off with Puska the Cat. He was a stray that I feed about 10yrs ago, he pretty much rules the house now! Photo by @simonedepeak Simone De Peak #burndiary #burnmagazine #newcastle #nsw #australia #photojournalism #cat #noir

FujiFilm x Young EPF Award

Photo © Kiyana Hayeri, Honorable Mention – under 30 EPF 2014 Talent for her essay, “Jense Degar” (The Other Sex)   FujiFilm x Young EPF Award   Today we are proud to announce that FujiFilm is partnering with us to offer several prizes for our category “Young EPF Award” (introduced last year). It’s open to all …

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Tell It Like It Is… Circles

Tell It Like It Is… Circles   We are all exhausted, but we are finished printing. Burn photo editor Diego Orlando, creative director Anton Kusters, and I have just finished being on press in Treviso, Italy for the re-printing of my 1967 first book Tell It Like It Is . I do not ever remember …

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Redhead Beach

The crowd at Redhead Beach wade into the surf to cool off as a coal ship on the horizon heads back out to sea from Newcastle Port… Photo by @simonedepeak Simone De Peak #burndiary #burnmagazine #redhead #newcastle #nsw #australia #beach #surf #photojournalism #landscape

Gil Bartz – Ukraine

Gil Bartz Ukraine [ EPF 2014 SHORTLIST ] After I graduated from University I took all my money and the next night train to Kiev. For two month I travelled by train, bus and an old Lada Niva. Most of my photos are from people I stayed with for a couple of days or just …

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Saturday

Day 3: Today is Saturday and the sun is back with a vengeance. I am spending some quality time with my good friend Gareth as we laze in the sun at his local, Redhead Beach. He tans, I burn to a crisp! In two short weeks he will be heading off on an adventure of …

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The Barber Shop

Day 2: After a coffee in Carrington this afternoon, I swung by The Carrington Barber Shop where Frank Martin has been cutting hair for the last 41yrs. As he cut Brenton a regular clients hair and Sam who has been going there since a toddler read the local newspaper while waiting, I asked Frank after …

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Morning drive

Day 2: The morning drive to work. As a photographer on a daily newspaper you head into the office each day and never quite know what fun you’ll be up to that day. You could be sent on a court job, a portrait cover for a weekend magazine feature or sent packing to a bushfire, …

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Newcastle Ocean Baths

Day 1: A trip to the Newcastle Ocean Baths for a swim after work this afternoon turned out to be fruitless. Normally a popular location for a swim on hot days, not a soul could be seen as the baths slowly started to refill after a sighting of the deadly blue-ringed octopus closed the ocean …

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