http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/gary-ramage/ Gary Ramage is currently the News Limited Group’s Chief Photographer at the National Press Gallery in Parliament House in Canberra. He has worked all over the world for the News Limited Group of newspapers from chasing Politian’s at high level bilateral meetings to the front lines of Afghanistan. He is currently studying a BA in Photography and Design as part of his personal development to achieve a higher understanding of the photographic art. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/into-a-hot-zone-with-a-dustoff-crew-in-afghanistan/ Advisory: The following post contains graphic content which some people may find distressing. Everyone suffers in war. No exceptions. I have been travelling to Afghanistan now for over three years. Covering the conflict from an outsider’s perspective, not getting involved or emotionally attached to the people I photograph. This is hard. Maintaining perspective and impartialility each day is challenging. Watching soldiers die on the battlefield for a belief in something so far remote from them, is at times very difficult. They fight because they are told to and because if they do not, they will probably be killed by an ill-equipped and under trained Afghan insurgent - or a farmer with a grudge and no money to feed his family. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Gary Ramage) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/into-a-hot-zone-with-a-dustoff-crew-in-afghanistan/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/into-a-hot-zone-with-a-dustoff-crew-in-afghanistan/#item3971 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:50:03 +0000 Gary Ramage | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/antiquated-rules-that-stop-you-seeing-the-facts/ The turmoil of the opposition leadership spill made Parliament House an eventful place to be for a press photographer. But it has become harder than ever to satisfy the appetite of the news-hungry populace, as the increased bureaucracy is madder than ever. The feuding within the Liberal Party highlighted the antiquated and ridiculous rules that dictate where photographers and TV cameramen can go and what they can shoot at any given time. In an attempt to deliver a professional product to our millions of readers and viewers, we were forced to break all the rules, and it has got us into all sorts of trouble. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Gary Ramage) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/antiquated-rules-that-stop-you-seeing-the-facts/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/antiquated-rules-that-stop-you-seeing-the-facts/#item1976 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:45:22 +0000 Gary Ramage | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Heart-of-darkness-inside-the-Afghan-war-zone/ On 28th July 2009, I flew out of Sydney bound for Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. It was to be the start of a fascinating trip into the Afghan war zone. I embedded with the American 10th Mountain Division in Logar province, in the East part of the country. I was then shipped out to “The Tip of The Spear” as they called it, to the district of Kherwar. The unit I joined was part of the Coalition’s blocking force against Taliban forces who are trying to use the area as an alternative entry point to the Wardack province and into Kabul. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Gary Ramage) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Heart-of-darkness-inside-the-Afghan-war-zone/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Heart-of-darkness-inside-the-Afghan-war-zone/#item1251 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:00:15 +0000 Gary Ramage | Author bios | The Punch