Journey
“When Belinda first approached me to be involved in this project it was at a time when I was deciding whether to go ahead and perform a one man show idea that my brother Stephen offered me to do. It would be about my life so far and all the people who helped shape it. […]…
Consuming Passion
“A while ago I met a truly wonderful woman. There was such a great chemistry and connection between us. We talked and talked, and never tired of it. We shared our lives and our emotions and became the best of friends. We were lovers but more importantly we loved each other deeply. We were also […]…
15 Years
“Accountability since the day he was born” Participant – Darryl Dorner, 2001 “Responsibility engulfs my life” Participant – Guy Dorner, 2001 “The week before this image was taken Guy crashed his dad’s car. You can tell everything about their relationship by their hands – a father holding on and a son trying to let go.” […]…
2nd Generation
“How deep is the cut-off of life and loss, the confused guilt of living when youth is gone, the risk of memories suppressed because of pain and now this place to me is stained forever. When I look upon my son’s son, all his life inside me runs! Time only heals in part, as I […]…
Bazza
“Don’t confuse kindness with weakness.” Participant – Barry Crook, 2001 “Barry has been a great mate since I arrive in Sydney from Adelaide in 1990. His friendship is a precious gift.” Photographer – Belinda Mason, 2004…
Blackshirts
“A man’s being: No man can claim manhood unless he dedicates his strength to the defence of his family and above all – his children. A man’s strength is no accident but rather it was endowed to him to defend, nourish and protect his children and only to that end. The evidence can be found […]…
Castration by Castigation
“These days the generalised straight male is: too bossy, too violent, too dumb, too lazy, too powerful, too condescending, too strong, too weak, too masculine. Too feminine, too vague, too black and white, too stubborn, too complacent, too giving, too selfish, too fat, too to hairy, too bald, too clever, too stupid, too loud, too […]…
Citizen Kane
“As a man working in and with the mass media for much of my life, it struck me how much the media provides a backdrop for our lives. No, not only provides a backdrop, it comes to the foreground and makes an imprint on us as people and shapes us. We try to live up […]…
Dance of Life
“Frank Natale served as a unique teacher and guide in the field of human growth and development for more than 30 years in the USA, Europe and in many other parts of the world began his last great journey on his 61st birthday. He left his body at June 21st 2002. Frank, was a great […]…
Disposable Man
“My scourge is being born into the wickedest majority that ever lived: the white, middle-aged, straight male. We haven’t any colourful stories of prenatal abuse to excuse our bad behaviour, nor do we have dreadful childhoods on which to blame our lack of emotional involvement-mine was remarkably banal in a middle-class sort of way. Everything […]…