Page 9 - Tropic Magazine Issue 28

TROPIC • UP FRONT

Scene Around Tropic profiiles an amazing image from the Tropical North

and strong this individual is for holding a literal fire on his head. For the gaze of others and to allow them to feel what I was feeling. On the other end, I look at this and feel worlds apart from him, like a fragment of my imagination or the familiarity of a repetitive dream.

them in the shot, but to honour them in the shot. I hope to have achieved that. I love this shot because: It makes me feel something ... intangible perhaps. I feel the very moment I captured his portrait, the way it came about. I remember being so in awe, for the beauty, impact and simply just how patient

Where, when and who? Portrait of a Bundi Fire Person of the Madang Province. Shot in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea, in August 2019. Challenges of the shoot? Challenges of photographing someone, anyone, spur of the moment and without time to get to know the person, for me, is to not take something from

Scene Around Q&A with photographer Bridie Egan

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