Guest Speaker

Gary Ramage

Last Wednesday our guest speaker was Australian Photojournalist Gary Ramage, who is currently employed by News Ltd at the Parliament House Press Gallery. Gary’s life experiences have strongly shaped the photographer that he is today and I could see 3 categories of photography that Gary undertakes. There is firstly the work that he is currently doing with politicians and other news related events eg. “The Schapelle Corby trial”. Gary commented that he always tries to get a different photo everyday while at work which can be a challenge when they are just men in suits.  Secondly in his free time he does wildlife photography, which he finds as a kind of escape and enjoys doing, but as Gary said it doesn’t pay the bills. And lastly there is Gary’s work that he does in war zones such as Afghanistan, Before becoming a photographer Gary was in the Military for 20 years. And now that he is out of the Army he returns and travel’s along side the Australian, American and British troop’s to places “Outside of the wire” where they are under enemy attack. Being in a war zone Gary’s equipment gets damaged and this is why he takes several bodies and lenses along with him. His equipment includes several Canon lenses and The Mark 5Diii and the Mark 1D.
I really enjoyed Gary’s talk as I found his pictures moving and that they really told a story.