Thursday, May 20, 2010

how much are disposable cameras?

and that is an honest question which i'd like a response to :)


I would put up my whole essay but it's really long and you probably don't want to read it, so here's a bit:

Trent Parke was born and brought up in Newcastle, NSW, with two younger brothers. He was a sports photographer for 10 years and a photojournalist for The Australian newspaper before moving on to street photography and other personal work. He is married to photographer Narelle Autio and is the only Australian photographer represented by Magnum Photos.

An incident which changed his life and his view of the world happened when he was 12 years old and his mother died one night from an asthma attack. It was incredibly hard to deal with, as a young boy, and this caused Trent to start questioning everything around him. This is also the age he started photography, using the family laundry room as a darkroom and his mother’s camera. Trent had wiped out all his memories from before his mum died, as his way of coping, and he says that old photos help him to remember. Even now, his photos are like his memories.

1 comment:

  1. Disposable cameras are around $10 or so. Don't trust me on that one, because I can't remember prices very well. All in all, I think the maximum for camera + developing + printing is around $30...I think.

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