October was a bit of a slow month for the 177 Nations of Tasmania project, but there was one big highlight, and that was a trip to Launceston to photograph and video some of the Launceston-based podcast participants. We had 6 booked for sessions, though one had to withdraw late due to illness, nevertheless, it was certainly enough to make the trip worthwhile. What a diverse and interesting bunch of people we had come in too, with small island nations, war and sacrifice be

In the last month we have had some great photo shoots with several people who were obviously really proud to share and display their culture, but who also interesting personal stories involving overcoming some pretty tough life challenges. Interestingly enough, they were from all from just two regions - the South Pacific and Central America. For the podcast, I also interviewed Roque from El Salvador, and Olive, a Māori woman from New Zealand. Manu from Tonga, passionately e

It's been quite a contrast of stories with the episodes of the last month, though with a bit of a Caribbean and Celtic flavour. I had...

I guess you could say that small island nations has been a bit of a theme lately, with Malta and Manx featuring recently and now the...

You couldn't ask for a more eclectic and diverse group of countries than Laos, Yemen and the Isle of Man, both geographically and...

Portrait sessions in the Hobart Library The photography sessions have been a little sparser this time around, but they have been...

After a few months of inaction on the podcast to focus more on the photo exhibition, it's back with a couple of very interesting new...

We set up the photo display on Level 2 of the Hobart library back in March, but it's taken a bit of time to get rolling again with the...

Finale Celebration at the Henry Jones Art Hotel The last week and a half at the Packing Room Gallery had a few bumps, but ultimately...

The 177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition started on February 4. Since then Andrew has photographed around 40...

We have now completed the first week of running the pop-up studio in the Packing Room Gallery, in the Henry Jones Art Hotel , so I...

In December 2024, me and Hobart photographer Andrew Wilson did some trial portrait shoots with 5 of the participants from the 177...

If you've read my previous blog post, you'll know that in collaboration with photographer Andrew Wilson, I have got a grant to create a...

Recent episodes have become a little sparse in the second half of 2024, but I'm definitely hoping for and indeed expecting a fair bit...

177 Nations of Tasmania is proud to announce a new collaboration with photographer and author Andrew Wilson that will use photography...

The 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast has been on a bit of a hiatus for the past few months, with no new episodes for a while, so I thought...

I am very pleased to announce that the 177 Nations of Tasmania is now available on YouTube. You can access is through the link below. ...

The recent podcast episodes involved one that was 11 months in the making, and another came together in a matter of days. Two of them...

At the time of writing this, I have completed 108 interviews for the 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast. These have spanned a whole gamut of...

A somewhat provocative heading perhaps, but then 2 of the recent episodes have involved Bosnia Herzegovina and Bhutan. In both countries,...