The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ photography’
Buildings, bees and sistagirls
3 December 2009
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Bee in macro by StephenMitchell (flickr)
This week on the Australian Bite, landscape architect Andrew Prowse will tell us about his great job designing a town high on the side of a mountain in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province. We’ll hear about a tiny mite that strikes terror into the hearts of Australian beekepers. And artist and photographer Bindi Cole will explain the background to the photograph that’s just won her a major indigenous art award – the Deadly Art Award.
Music, drought and horses
12 November 2009
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The Drones by Tony Mott from his book "Every Picture Tells A Story" (see Australian Bite 18 April 09)
A couple of books feature on this week’s Australian Bite. The first is a great new book by music journalist Craig Mathieson called “Playlisted – Everything you need to know about Australian music right now”. The second is more sombre. It’s called “Beyond Reasonable Drought”, and it features a range of photographic works documenting the impact of drought in Australia over the last ten years. Then to finish up we travel to Central Australia, where young indigenous girls are learning valuable lessons at a horse training course.
A rock ‘n’ roll life from behind a lens
18 April 2009
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midnight-oil-by-tony-mott
Disturbing news on this week’s Australian Bite, with evidence that an influx of heroin into Australia is leading to an increase in heroin overdoses. And on a lighter note, we meet veteran rock ‘n’ roll photographer Tony Mott, who talks about his 25 years taking photos of the best, brightest, and strangest stars in the business.
Aboriginal group takes complaint to UN
21 February 2009
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Prescribed Area sign in Australia's Northern Territory. Photo by manniac aka Manfred Renner
This week on the Bite, we hear why a group of Northern Territory Aboriginal people are taking a complaint against the Australian Government to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. And we take a look at a travelling exhibition featuring the work of one of Australia’s best known photographers, the late Max Dupain, best known for his picture of “The Sunbaker”.
