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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Family-happy-snaps-were-better-in-the-old-days/ With smartphones finding their way into nearly every pocket in the developed world, it’s easy to forget that film was once a precious commodity in many households. Mine was no exception, as evidenced by the sheer number of botched photos that remain framed and prominently displayed in my parents’ home. Today, just about every dad walks around with an enormous DSLR surgically grafted to his right forearm, casually snapping Tumblr-worthy masterpieces at junior footy matches. Even the icy scowl of a hormone-ravaged adolescent can shine with indie majesty given the right light and a lucky shot. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Family-happy-snaps-were-better-in-the-old-days/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Family-happy-snaps-were-better-in-the-old-days/#item6563 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/love-pr-and-other-catastrophes/ Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/love-pr-and-other-catastrophes/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/love-pr-and-other-catastrophes/#item6133 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/history-photo-album-will-not-be-kind-to-gillard/ For most Australian Prime Ministers, there is a photo or two that captures the essence of their character and the spirit of the times. Some readily come to mind, such as Ben Chifley at the launch of the first Holden car in 1948. The well-known photos of Bob Menzies at the microphone during a campaign rally in the 1950s portray both control and confidence. A picture of Harold Holt relaxing in swimming trunks on the beach at Portsea with friends encapsulates the popular record of the man, and his demise. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/history-photo-album-will-not-be-kind-to-gillard/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/history-photo-album-will-not-be-kind-to-gillard/#item5471 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/images-of-the-egyptian-revolution/ The Egyptian protests that have led to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak have produced some incredible media images, by photographers who often put their own lives in danger to bring us scenes from the streets of Egypt. Here are some photos from the last two weeks, which culminated in celebrations on Friday night as Mubarak announced he would end his 30 year term. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/images-of-the-egyptian-revolution/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/images-of-the-egyptian-revolution/#item5116 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-picture-tells-a-thousand-lies/ I became an Uncle again in early August of this year. Within minutes of having arrived at the hospital to meet the newest member of our beautiful clan, I had taken a photograph of him, and posted it on my facebook profile. Within minutes of doing that, I had a message of congratulations from a first cousin I have never met, and who lived far away in the remotest parts of Northern Italy. At first I thought this interaction and the technology that allowed it was simply marvelous. In discussing it with my mother, Madame Perin still found it impossible to believe. Not unlike the reaction she had when J.R got shot. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-picture-tells-a-thousand-lies/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-picture-tells-a-thousand-lies/#item4616 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/annie-leibovitz-still-life/ She’s shot the Queen, Obama, Nelson Mandela, George W. Bush’s cabinet and countless celebrities, not to mention a famously intimate portrait of John Lennon, curled up naked against Yoko Ono, just hours before the singer was shot. But even though her best known work features the kind of faces likely to grace the covers of Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, Annie Leibovitz has long resisted the label of celebrity photographer. Still, there are some things she can’t ignore. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/annie-leibovitz-still-life/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/annie-leibovitz-still-life/#item4496 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/julias-triumphant-return-the-story-in-photographs/ Instead of a conventional piece of writing about today’s triumphant ALP Caucus meeting, we thought we’d cover it through the lenses of News Limited photographers Ray Strange, Kym Smith and Gary Ramage, who were there today chronicling an event which often looked like it would never happen. This first photograph, by Ray Strange, tells much of the story of this bizarre two months in federal politics. In the foreground is Stephen Smith, who served as Foreign Minister in Kevin Rudd’s first and last term as PM. In the middle of the election campaign, when Rudd was accused of leaking damaging Cabinet information and leadership details to Laurie Oakes, Smith magnaminously told Julia Gillard that he was prepared to vacate that portfolio to make way for Kevin Rudd. It’s expected that this will happen when Julia Gillard announces her new ministry on the weekend. Rudd has gone from being the reviled accused leaker to valued senior member of the team. The next photograph, by Kym Smith, is the moment Julia Gillard arrived at the meeting. By the shape of her smile, she seems to be thinking: “Yikes. We did it.” You can’t quite make out the documents she’s carrying - maybe it’s another list of demands from the independents. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/julias-triumphant-return-the-story-in-photographs/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/julias-triumphant-return-the-story-in-photographs/#item4004 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. 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 (Antony McMullen) 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 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/julia-meets-kevin-the-full-set-of-photos/ The full set of these pictures probably got passed over a little over the weekend because of (a) it being the weekend and (b) Mark Latham. You may have seen a few of them but there were a total of 10 photos from the meeting between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her predecessor Kevin Rudd. It makes for an excruciatingly awkward compilation of shots with neither Gillard nor Rudd looking at all like they want to be there in a single frame. The rest of the photos follow over the jump. They don’t need captions - they’ve just been given numbers for easy reference in the comments. Enjoy - and let us know if you have a particular favourite. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/julia-meets-kevin-the-full-set-of-photos/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/julia-meets-kevin-the-full-set-of-photos/#item3753 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/those-who-can-do-those-who-cant-take-photos/ Wondering how to take great holiday snaps? Ben Groundwater has tips from Richard I’Anson, professional photographer and author of Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Photography, on how to take the perfect pic. Except he’s forgotten the best tip on taking travel photos. Don’t. Put the camera down and go do something. As Ben says, many travellers fancy themselves as photographers and “like to take the odd snap to show off to their friends back home”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/those-who-can-do-those-who-cant-take-photos/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/those-who-can-do-those-who-cant-take-photos/#item2515 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 Last week The Punch posted a piece on a fantastic news picture of a couple kissing amid a riot. Then the proverbial hit the fan, with all sorts of rumours - including a suggestion it was the scene of a sexual assault - so we closed the piece until we could work out what was going on. Well now we know (sort of) and the piece is open again, here. And here’s a great look at the situation from a new contributor, Jen Vuk. Against the tarnished backdrop of the escalating violence in Vancouver last week a startling image of a couple lying on a littered and damaged street and seemingly lost in their own tantric moment caused a meltdown of the most spurious kind. Within hours of going online the image not only went viral, but had its own Twitter account and its first photo-shopped meme showing the couple on a freeway. While the riot, caused by the city’s hockey team’s championship loss, which left 150 people injured, property and shops destroyed and led to almost 100 arrests had but all been forgotten, our curiosity in the then mystery duo seemed to grow by the nanosecond.