An image taken this morning. Why is it that people in public spaces sometimes feel they have a right to prevent photographers from taking their portrait? Is it a reasonable belief or should we encourage photography in public spaces as a way of reminding ourselves individuals can contribute to democracy by coming together in public...
St Ignatius College’s website states “Our Ignatian tradition calls us to enter into solidarity with the poor, the marginalised, and the voiceless, in order to enable their participation in the processes that shape the society in which we all live and work.” It seems Riverview has embraced this tradition by building a demountable classroom of...
According to a NSW Department of Education release as at 30 June 2013 The Department has just over 44,788 teaching spaces in schools. About 10% per cent of these are demountable This equates to approximately 4,479 demountables. The same document states “In 2012/13 funding was provided for 39 new classrooms” which suggests that if this level...
To begin with a quote from John Francis during a Ted Talk: “And so, on my 27th birthday I decided, because I argued so much and I talk so much, that I was going to stop speaking for just one day — one day — to give it a rest. And so I did. I...
One photographic theme I am interested in exploring is the objectification of wives by their husbands. This theme isn’t so much about exploring the sexual objectification of women as it is about how women feel when they realise they are are treated as objects by men they once loved. This theme has come about from...