Photo Essays-Stories

 
 
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Australian Cattle Property Brunette Downs     

This is a essay on one of Australia’s largest cattle properties Brunette Downs. 12,212 sq km in the Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory 

Methane from cattle and it’s effect on the greenhouse gases on the planet is a matter of discussion amongst scientists on it’s effects and what to do about the issue.

 

Kashgar-Western China             

This is a series of photographs of daily life in the city of Kashgar in China’s far western Xinjiang province.

This city is at the heart, a medieval city, and a vibrant Islamic centre within Chinese territory.  It is home to the largest minority group, the Uygur people, who make up 90% of Kashgar’s population. However, more and more Han Chinese are moving into the area as the Chinese government attempt to reduce the chance for the Uygur’s to realise their wish to become independent.

 Only 200 kms from the Afghan & Pakistan border it is the largest oasis city from the ocean. Kashgar’s history spans 2000 years and was once in a strategic position on the old Silk Road. The Uygur people of Kashgar are struggling to keep their traditional lifestyle while China brings modernisation and slowly impose their culture.

 
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Kangaroo Harvesting             

Commercial harvesting of kangaroos in Australia continues to fuel debate among scientists, farmers, environmentalists and animal rights activists.

To explore the issue of  the kangaroo harvesting industry I travelled on and off over eighteen months through NSW and up into Queensland and in Victoria to humanize the life of the professional 'roo' shooter' and the people involved in the chain of the kangaroo harvesting industry.


North Korea -Preventable Blindness             
 
A journey into North Korea to train North Korean eye doctors with Nepalese Eye Surgeon and preventable blindness visionary Dr Sanduk Ruit.




Bhutan Eye Camp             
 

American opthlamologist Dr Geoff Tabin who with Dr Sanduk Ruit set up the Himalayan Project operate a eye camp and surgeon training in Bhutan.





Cataract Blindness in Tibet             
 

Dr Sanduk Ruit, Tilganga Eye Centre and Himalayan Cataract Project helping Tibet to set up and train cataract surgeons to work on the backlog of preventable blindness in the country




Corneal Donation in Nepal             
 

Nepal Eye Bank involves removing corneas from the dead who are about to be cremated at a Hindu Temple in Kathmandu and transplanting them
into patients with corneal  problems shortly afterwards. 
 



Mustang Eye Camp
 
Dr Sanduk Ruit and his team travelled three days by tibetean horse to Outer Mustang for the regions first eye camp.



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