Makassar’s ‘Trash mountain’…
On the outskirts of Makassar in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, is the 'TPA', or municipal waste site, where the majority of the city's rubbish is dumped. The site is huge – covering over 14 hectares and receiving over 7000 tonnes of waste every day – and reasonably well managed, with a fleet of bulldozers and excavators [...]
Human trafficking in Indonesia…
I have been working on a completely different project over the weekend, producing some campaign images for the Sacred Childhoods Foundation. As well as working at the 'Trash Mountain' in Makassar, Sacred Childhoods Foundation also works on a number of other projects, including one concerning the issues of human trafficking and the exploitation of children. [...]
Help me to help others…
At the start of February, I will be embarking on a journey to shoot three different personal projects in Sulawesi and Sumatra, all of which will support development and conservation efforts in these locations. Why do I call them personal projects? Because I have not commissioned to shoot these stories - they are of great [...]
The John Fawcett Foundation, Bali, Indonesia
Last week I had the pleasure of spending two mornings covering the work of the John Fawcett Foundation here in Bali. The first day we travelled up to the village of Tuguh to visit a mobile clinic and then across to Ganesa Hospital where a volunteer surgeon from Australia was training two counterparts from the [...]
SulSel, Sustainable Slippers…
Its always very satisfying seeing your photos used for the purpose they were originally intended. This morning I was sent a copy of a catalogue/brochure from a small organisation run by a group of disabled men and women in Makassar, Sulawesi. They run a sewing workshop and have just started producing slippers from water hyacinth [...]
