THE PROJECT COMMENCED DIRECTLY AFTER THE 2002- 03 BUSH FIRES AND AT THE END OF THE WORST DROUGHT

IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE IDEA CAME TO THEM AFTER WATCHING HOURS OF NEWS FOOTAGE, AT THE SAME

TIME THAT ALBURY WAS COVERED IN SMOKE. THEY NOTICED HOW THIS FOOTAGE FOCUSED ONLY ON THE PEOPLE

WHO WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THESE EVENTS. THEY THOUGHT OF THIS PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE THE

LIVES OF THE OTHERS THAT WERE ALSO AFFECTED WITHIN THESE TOWNSHIPS, ESPECIALLY THE BUSINESSES. A

MAJOR AIM OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO INVESTIGATE HOW A COMMUNITY WAS AFFECTED AS A WHOLE. WITH

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. THIS, THEY FOUND ALSO HIGHLIGHTS HOW LIFE GOES

ON AFTER SUCH A CATASTROPHE HAS STRUCK

THE TOWNS THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVR INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT ARE

BEECHWORTH KHANCOBAN COROWA MOUNT BEAUTY CORRYONG YACKANDANDAH

FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS THEY HAVE TRAVELED TO THE TOWNS BY THE LOCAL BUS LINES THAT DEPART FROM

ALBURY THEY INTERVIEWED THE LOCALS AND DETERMINED THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF EACH TOWN

THE EXHIBITION CONSISTS OF TWO DISTINCT STYLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY, BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAITURE AND

COLOUR ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY. BOTH OF THESE STYLES REFLECTING UPON THE HISTORY OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY