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Port Arthur
Tasmania
My relationship with Port Arthur has been life long. The ruins
of the Penitentiary and Church stand as empty and quiet sentinels,
reminders of a bygone era, solemn tributes to the lives of those who
served "hard time" during the convict period of the mid
1800's.
| Port Arthur today is different. It
is a major tourism attraction and is in every sense the
life-blood of the Tasman Peninsula. Recently, one person stole
from us the innocence that time has given to Port Arthur. He
stained the turf, the walls, and the image of Port Arthur, but
he couldn't take Port Arthur from our lives. New history has
been written for the penal settlement. It may not be carved in
the sandstone of the Penitentiary, or hewn in the cobblestones
but has been captured in the memories of those loved ones we
lost. |
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Photographs are
They capture the
fear, the soul of a
to be a good
good photographs
do have to be
usual look different
at Port Arthur to
this craft, a title
Bennett. The almost
taking pictures of
have never been |
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reminders of our past.
spirit, or as some
place. You don't have
photographer to take
at Port Arthur but you
talented to make the
It is a pleasure for us
work with a master of
befitting of Richard
impossible brief of
Port Arthur that
taken before, to take |
images which are timeless, that are not polluted with
modern structures and features, sets Richard apart from the rest. By
taking these images, perhaps Richard can return some of the innocence
that is deserving for a place that has a serene beauty.
So when I'm out fishing on the bay, with the morning
sun casting its soft yellow glow across the Penitentiary and its front
lawn, and the friendly ghosts of Port Arthur take their rest, I know
that there is one person at least who is able to convey the love that I
have for this place that I call home, for a place called Port Arthur. -
Craig Coombs.
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