7/30/2019 Ed Giles blows the whistle on Reportage censorship

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Photojournalist Ed Giles (@edgiles  – Twitter) via Facebook:

The NSW State Government, via its tourism division 'Destination NSW', is actively andaggressively censoring the photographic work that we planned to show in public onCircular Quay at the Reportage Festival of Documentary Photography, 2013.

Over two thirds of the photographers who submitted work have either been banned fromour outdoor projections, or have elected to pull their bodies of work after having their stories heavily clipped.

This includes the work of international and Australian multiple award-winningphotographers inlcluding James Nachtwey,  Yuri Kozyrev, Adam Ferguson, DanielBerehulak, Andrew Quilty, Alex Webb, Jodi Bieber, Paula Bronstein, the DegreeSouth collective, Jack Picone and myself.

Within the above group of photographers includes winners of each and every major photographic and/or journalism prize on the face of the planet, some, such as Jodi Bieber and James Nachtwey, multiple times over.

For example, my edit of 36 pictures from my two years documenting Egypt's post

revolution political scene was reduced to 17 pictures, and I have pulled my work completelyfrom the outdoor show in protest.

As another example, Andrew Quilty's quite lyrical and beautiful panoramic landscapephotographs of the aftermath of disasters in Australia, including the Victoria Bushfires andCyclone Yasi, have also been black listed completely after being deemed 'too distressing'.

We will be screen all of the work for the Reportage 2013 projections at an indoor venue inthe coming days, and possibly elsewhere in Sydney, so stay tuned ... this story will notbeing going away quietly.