Last week a documentary series i worked on called Who We Are won an ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Documentary. It’s a series of short profiles of seven indigenous Australian artists and is highly deserving of its acclaim. Much credit is due to creator and director Dei El-Ayoubi as well as DOP Tony Luu for making it look so good. And props to Foxtel for funding it too.

Dan Sultan

I’ve posted some of the photos i shot on the project before, but most remained in my archives so i’ve dug some out to share here.

Gina Rings and Soo Yuen You

Gina Rings

Soo Yuen You

Buddy Knox

Buddy Knox

David Page

Dan Sultan

Dan Sultan performs in the Harold Park tram shed

The Medics

Kamahi Djordan King

Kamahi in front of one of his artworks

Kamahi as Constantina Bush

Constantina Bush and the Bushettes performing on stage at The Dreaming Festival

Constantina Bush and Juanita Bushette outside Woodford police station

Constantina and backup dancer Juanita Bushette

Kamahi as Constantina Bush performing at The Dreaming Festival

Rhoda Roberts

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Here’s some photos i took of Dan Sultan while i was working as the stills photographer on Foxtel’s Who We Are series.

Dan Sultan in a Sydney Tram

We spent a morning at the Harold Park tram sheds which is a beautiful derelict space housing several crumbling graffiti covered old Sydney trams. Yes, Sydney trams.

Dan Sultan performs in the Harold Park tram shed

In the afternoon the shoot moved to Jackson’s Rare Guitars in Annandale.

The crew also filmed Dan’s show at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville.

Dan Sultan onstage at the Factory Theatre

Dan Sultan and his songwriting partner and bandmate Scott Wilson

Here’s the seven minute portrait of Dan produced for Foxtel.

It’s directed by Dei El Ayoubi and Director of Photography is Tony Luu.

It was such a pleasure working on this job. Dan’s such a gentleman, and the crew were bloody brilliant.

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While Art vs Science were filming their music video for Magic Fountain in the laneways of Paddington i dropped by and took a few stills.

The star of the video is this chap and his jacket of speakers. It was made by Melissa Fallshaw.

The fellas from Art vs Science make a brief cameo in the clip as dancing construction workers

Art vs Science

For the gearheads. It was all shot on the Canon 1D Mark IV with this camera rig.

Some clues to what the Magic Fountain is all about

The mad professor in his workshop

Art vs Science

Director: Alex Roberts
Producer: Camilla Dehnert
DOP: Tim Tregoning
Art Direction: Melissa Fallshaw & Petta Chua
Make-up: Emily Sarks
Editor: Alex Roberts
Visual FX: Fuel
Visual FX: Darren Arbib
Grade: Nick Fogarty

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Back in August i had a dream gig shooting stills on the set of a promo video for Sydney Dance Company.

The one minute piece was shot with six dancers from the Sydney Dance Company, choreographed by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela.

It was all filmed in the Deutsche Bank building in Sydney’s CBD.

SDC Creative Director Rafael Bonachela and Tony Luu help block out the shot for Director Husein Alicajic

Credit is due to:

Director: Husein Alicajic
Director of Photography: Tony Luu
Creative Director: Dei El-Ayoubi
Choreography: Rafael Bonachela
Producer: Ellen Barton (Foxtel), Matt White (SDC)

Plus the amazing dancers and crew.

It was filmed on the Arri D21.

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