24 November: A Photographer’s Gathering – Nev Madsen
Neville Madsen interview
About thirty local photographers gathered at an event at the Toowoomba Cobb and Co Museum to celebrate the work of photographers from the Toowoomba Chronicle newspaper. Featured in this event organised by Cobb and Co staff member and photographer Tony Coonan was an interview with Walkley Award winning photographer Neville Madsen. The interview was conducted by local photography identity John Elliott. John posed questions about Nev’s beginnings in photography, his early experiences in Warwick under the tuteladge of John Harrison and Gordon Brown, how he feels about working for newspapers today, and the circumstances of his making the award-winning photograph.
An animated Nev answers John's questions
As a testemony to Neville’s dedication to being a documenter of his community he was not on duty on the day of the flood – via a scanner he was aware of what was happening and went to a location he thought would provide some action. He started shooting video and soon realised that what he was witnessing was a significant life threatening drama and grabbed his ‘real camera’ to capture the unfolding event.
Neville Madsen with John Elliott
Words and photos: Doug Spowart
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Doug, thanks for taking the time to do this. We are lucky to have such a committed and talented team of photographers at our local paper. Long live photography!
John Elliott
November 24, 2011 at 5:18 pm