Documentary and photojournalism.
Today was the state memorial service for Bob Hawke at The Sydney Opera House. The service was held inside, and there were viewing screens on the steps of the opera house The Honourable Robert James Lee Hawke AC 9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019 All photos are © Jordan Shields 2019. All rights reserved….
A short video piece on the drought in Lake Keepit, NSW.
Thousands turned up to Cottesloe Beach yesterday to protest the Barnett Goverment’s plan to kill sharks using baited drum lines off the coast of popular Western Australian beaches. I was lucky enough to be able to go up in the Channel 9 helicopter to get some aerial photos for The Sunday Times. Click here for…
I headed down to Mojos in North Fremantle last night with the crew from Kulcha. It was blues night, and boy were there some blues played there. Mojos is up there with one of my favourite venues in WA, and it didn’t disappoint with a night of amazing blues musicians. On the bill were Anton…
It was a case of being in the right place at the right time. I had just dropped Nicole off at work, and was walking around Fremantle with my camera in hand, when I came across the monks in the Fremantle Town Hall. They were in the middle of chanting, so I walked in slowly…
Cirque du Soleil really know how to build the atmosphere for a show. In the days before the opening night, the giant egg shaped hot air balloon was flown above the city and last night before the opening show, the giant egg lit up next to the big top tent under a stunning sunset. Full…
A huge crowd turned out today in Fremantle for Concert For The Kimberley, featuring Missy Higgins and John Butler. South Terrace was filled with thousands of people protesting the development of James Price Point as a gas hub. The development of James Price Point is a contentious issue, which is opposed by a majority of…
While I was up in The Kimberley, I was assigned to take some photos of the anti-gas protest concert for the newspaper. The concert took place on the deck of the Karma IV, which was used as a stage due to the approval not being granted for a concert on Cable Beach. The Pigrams, Stephen…
Last year I spent some time up in Broome, in Western Australia’s Kimberley with my camera; documenting the protests at James Price Point, the heritage listing of The West Kimberley by Tony Burke at One Arm Point, taking event photos for the Roebuck Bay Hotel, as well as meeting and photographing many musicians and even…
I was down south over the Easter long weekend staying with family in Northcliffe. The fires came quite close to my family’s property, my Dad said you could see a red glow on the horizon every night of the fires, scary stuff. We went up to Mount Chudalup, the highest point near Northcliffe to inspect…
