The planning for this trip goes back almost two years ago. While I am very happy with my photography when it comes to scenery and nature, I am envious of those who are great at “people shots”. There is something magic about capturing one’s essence, one’s soul in a photograph. One of my patients a well travelled chap introduced me to his website: emic.com. I was entranced by the images there and particularly his then recent trip to far north Queensland for the biennial indigenous dance festival, Laura Quinkan. I booked it there and then for 2023.
To fill out the week before Laura Quinkan my research led me to a typically “off the beaten track destination, the Torres Strait islands. The archipelago between Cape York and PNG which is surprisingly well serviced with daily QANTAS flights between Cairns and Horn Island. A short ferry ride brings us to Thursday Island, the sleepy administrative headquarters of the Torres Strait on a quiet Sunday afternoon with dinner on the balcony of the Grand Hotel
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I look forward to feasting my eyes on some portraiture photos. I can imagine some of our elderly First Nations people will have particularly expressive face’s reflecting all the injustices inflicted upon them over the years. 🤔