Photographs from some of our projects here in Australia and around the World.
Shoot for Chrissie’s Cuts
Sydney Body Art Ride 2007
Filming in Beijing, China for a music documentary
Zhou Nairen of Birdstriking on stage at Yugong Yishan, Beijing.Rotorua Mud Bath Spa New ZealandOmmayed Mosque Damascus, Syria
Filming a documentary on being young and female in NepalDealing with cancer, Newtown NSW
The Goobarragandra River, Tumut NSWDocumenting the life stories of refugees for Living LibraryFundraiser for the victims of Agent OrangeTattoo Artist Shanghai, China
Sydney’s Underground Cabaret SceneThe Italian Forum, Leichhardt, NSWShare House Life, Newtown, NSW
Burlesque, Marrickville, NSWFilming “The Deep Sea Scene” at the Australian MuseumGypsies of India, Rajasthan
Singer Coco Darling
Filming in the desert for “Under the Sun”
MerJa Media founders Merryn and Jake filming a band at Leichhardt Town Hall.Backstage at the Vanguard, Newtown, NSW
Dragon Dreaming Festival, MerJa Media filming the Beowulf Project’s Performance
Austin, Marrickville, NSW
Roller Derby, Newcastle, NSWMerJa Media provided the official photographer for March in March
Filming Bicycle Life with Niki Gudex
Young Beijing woman visiting 798 Art District. Chinese people are usually very keen to have their picture taken. At times they would spontaneously form an orderly queue and I would find myself trapped photographing an endless succession of happy Chinese faces.Xmas in Australia, South Coast, NSW
People taking a break from the heat and smoke outside Mao Live House, Beijing.Singaporean band SA perform at Mao Live House, Beijing.
Hairdressers decor in an old barber shop in the Hutong district.Assisting Jonathan Sequeira, filming “Descent into the Maelstrom” A documentary on Radio Birdman.
Father and son enjoy a ride in People’s Park, Ürümqi.
Platform guard, Beijing subwayTower cranes dominate the skyline of nearly every Chinese city.The 44 storey Headquarters of CCTV, known to locals as the “Big Pants” building
The owner of a workers cafe counts his takings after lunch. Everyone was very pleased and surprised to see me. I was the only customer not wearing the blue overall uniform of Jiuquan Steel. I was served delicious Gansu stretched noodles with beef.
Old Hui Muslim men at a Mosque in Xian. The gentleman turning his back was embarrassed about his bad teeth.
An old farmer in Zhangye, Western China.
The last Noodle House, Chinese tourists, Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park, Western China
No safety rails, I was concerned this gentleman was going to back right over the edge, it was quite a drop.
Chinese tourists are surprisingly hardy, it’s impressive to see these elderly Grandmas climb the endless stairs at various historical attractions across China.
Filming “An Occupied Country” in outback Queensland. A documentary on CSG Mining.
Leaving Xining, heading further West along the old Silk Road.A school yard surround by apartment towers. Security at schools has been tightened after a number of attacks. This school had armed guards and crash resistant barriers. Xining, Qinghai province, Western ChinaGhost Street (Gui Jie) is a popular eating area crowded with middle class people, street vendors and an array of hotpot restaurants.Hui Muslims wash before prayers. Dongguan Mosque, Xining, Qinghai province, Western ChinaThomas Hyland, a young Melbourne film maker, Director of photography on our Documentary “Which Way is China”The handsomest yak herder in all of China. Tara Guest House, Xiahe.Zhu Wenbo practices his saxophone in a lonely pedestrian underpass beneath the eight lane airport expressway. He told me the acoustics were perfect there.Monks at Labrang Monastery
Lonely Dancer, Darlinghurst, NSWA young girl copies a dancer on a video billboard in a park on the banks of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, North West ChinaBackstage at Powderfinger’s final performance for the documentary “Powderfinger, The Final Odyssey”Chinese Opera performers on the banks of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, North West China
Young woman skates outside the Inner Mongolia Museum, another example of massive infrastructure designed to promote unity in regional areas.
PLA guard and security barriers outside Mao’s Mausoleum.Red flags at Tiananmen Square.
Stuart Grant being forced to pose with the Terracotta Warrior cutouts.
Audience watches Primitive Calculators performance at School Live Bar, Wudaoying Hutong, Dongcheng district, Beijing.
Bridal wear models at the Temple of Heaven
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Zhu Wenbo and Zhao Cong in their Beijing apartment.
