Photographing Australia's 2020 Bushfire Season
B&H Photography Podcast
Jill Waterman
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
On the suggestion of a listener, we contacted a few Australian photographers to get their take on the devastating bushfire season that has burned more than 18 million hectares and taken thirty-four lives, since June 2019. We were fortunate to connect with Nick Moir, self-described storm-chaser, wildfire photographer, and current chief photographer at the Sydney Morning Herald. On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we speak with Moir about his experiences photographing this year's fires, as well as the overall news coverage of this disaster.
Moir won a 2003 World Press Photographers Award for his coverage of that season's bushfires, so he knows of what he speaks, and we talk with him about his approach to shooting such a dangerous subject, including planning, gear, safety measures, and the type of fire photos he prefers to make. We also discuss with Moir the fire season itself and why this year is so much worse than previous seasons. Finally, we talk about the news coverage of the fires and how his news organization covers the many stories that are part of this disaster, in comparison to how international journalists and news organizations cover the story.
Before we speak with Moir, we welcome David Brommer, organizer of the 2020 Depth of Field Professional Portrait, Wedding, and Event Photography Conference, which takes place here in New York and streams online, on February 11 and 12. Join us for this timely conversation.
Guests: Nick Moir and David Brommer
Photograph: © Nick Moir
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the BNH Photography Podcast. |
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| 0:17.7 | Now here's your host, Alan White. |
| 0:20.2 | Greetings and welcome to the BNH Photography Podcast. |
| 0:22.8 | Today, we're going to be talking about the bushfires that have been ravaging Australia |
| 0:26.5 | for the past several months. |
| 0:28.3 | Our guest is Nick Moyer, who is the chief photographer of the Sydney Morning Herald. |
| 0:32.8 | But before we speak with Nick, we welcome our colleague, David Brahma, who is the organizer |
| 0:36.7 | of the Optic and Depth of Field Photo Conferences. |
| 0:40.1 | If you're a regular listener to the show, you'll know that we get a lot of great guest thanks |
| 0:43.8 | to David's hard work. |
| 0:45.6 | David puts on a great show and invites photographic luminaries such as Albert Watson and Michael |
| 0:50.4 | Kenneth to speak. |
| 0:51.7 | If you are in New York or online, we encourage you to come to the New Yorker Hotel on February |
| 0:56.5 | 11th and 12th for the 2020 Depth of Field Portrait Wedding and Event Photography Conference. |
| 1:03.2 | Without further ado, we present Mr. Brahma to tell us more about the upcoming conference |
| 1:07.7 | followed by our conversation with Australian wildfire photographer Nick Moyer. |
| 1:12.3 | But first, a man who remains voidware prohibited, Mr. David Brahma. |
| 1:16.9 | Welcome to the show, Dave. |
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