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Do any of you remember the performance stage at Australia’s Wonderland? Hanna Barbera characters would bounce around singing and dancing, a surreal ventriloquist act of commercial cliches? Your friend’s mum would make you sit down and watch, as she’d reminiscence her lost youth, while the Bush Beast and Demon taunted you in the distance?

And so we continue the epic saga that is Big Day Out #100. The dapper young fellas who are the Horrors, impeccably clad in St Augustine Academy threads played a flawlessly effortless set. I did a shoot with the mastermind behind St Augustine last year for Academy for Men, you can check it out here.

On Saturday 24th January Sydney held the 100th Big Day Out. It was a scorcher of a day, reaching 32 degrees by 8am. The day before the temperatures had reached 42 degrees. Thankfully, the sky refused to endure the heat any longer and showered us all with a downpour. Sadly, this is when Dizzy Rascal [...]

In preparation for Big Day Out 2010 I thought I might just show a gallery of legs from previous festivals. There’s only one thing that outnumbers southern cross tattoos at BDO, and that’s legs. I mean, it’s a long, hot day in the middle of summer. Why would you bother wearing pants? Really? This year’s [...]

When I got the call to shoot Powderfinger for their latest batch of press shots, I gotta say, my heart jumped. These boys are THE Aussie rock band of the naughties. Bands come and go, the Finger has stuck it out, through and through. And seeing them headline at Homebake on the weekend, there is [...]

Here are some photos of a truly fantastic band from US called Of Montreal. I first heard their song Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games in the car on our magical mystical tour to Byron Bay over summer. We (I, much to the frustration of my hostage passengers) must have played the song [...]

I had the pleasure of shooting the lovely Lily last week. Firstly for MCM Studios, where she had an interview with Ruby Rose for MTV and performed a few of her latest songs, and then the next day, across the road at the Horden Pavilion for her live show. The last time I saw her [...]

I don’t think I should write anything for this blog. She seems to have a pretty serious crew of heavies and lawyers surrounding her, so…. enjoy the pics. Love her or hate her, she puts on a good show. Shot @ Live Lounge, Sydney 11th May 2009

The Sound Relief concerts, the biggest concerts Australia has ever held (120 000 people combined), held in Syndey and Melbourne on Saturday 14th raised 5 million dollars for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. The SCG was filled to the rafters with a particularly friendly crowd. There were your die hard fans squished at the front [...]