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Perth Now
12 hours ago
- General
- Perth Now
‘Worst' of Bali bombings victims in unforgettable pictures
Five months pregnant, armed with just her camera and a steady hand, young photojournalist Sandra Jackson stood at Royal Perth Hospital, unsure of what was about to happen. While she couldn't prepare for what was about to happen she was ready to capture history as it passed across the lens. 'I was a young photographer . . . I was working on a normal shift,' Jackson recalled. 'We heard that the plane was coming back in with survivors. '(I) didn't know what was going to come out of that plane, what was going to come out of the ambulance, I just knew they were the worst of worst, and they were coming.' The year was 2002. The victims of the Bali bombings — Australia's worst-ever terror attack — were being flown home. 'Seeing that some were not conscious, some were conscious, and just seeing the actual, you know, trauma,' she said. 'Horrific.' Today, Jackson is the visual editor of The West Australian. Watch each video of The West Australian's Worth A Thousand Words series here. But back then, she was a young photographer on one of the most confronting assignments of her life. And yet, when it came time to raise the camera, instinct took over. 'It is part of the job,' she said. 'We're used to confronting things and seeing horrid things. We see people on their worst days, and we see people on their best days. A victim of the Bali bombings arriving in Perth. Credit: Sandra Jackson / WA News 'When you're taking it, you're doing your job, and you just, you're in automatic mode. It's usually when you drop your camera that you then are part of it. Jackson's story is one of many being brought to light in Worth a Thousand Words, a powerful new video series produced by Natalie Bonjolo, which peels back the curtain on some of the most unforgettable images in WA news history — and the unsung heroes behind the lens. 'Behind every photograph there's drama, pressure and passion to get it right, Bonjolo said. Bali bombings victims arriving in Perth. Credit: Sandra Jackson / WA News 'The West's pictorial collection is a living historical record, any event you can think of has been photographed, catalogued and filed, it's an absolute treasure trove.' From the chaos of crime scenes to the euphoria of sporting parades, Bonjolo's series digs into the emotional and often unpredictable reality of news photography. 'We wanted to highlight some of the defining images in West Australian history and hear from the photographers who took them,' she said. 'The videos feel very intimate and raw, the photographers featured open up about how they felt in the moment, whether it's sadness, triumph, or something else.' The idea for the series was born while Bonjolo was doing a little treasure hunting of her own in The West's photo archive — a rabbit hole of negatives, film rolls and forgotten frames. Stuart Henderson arrived at Royal Perth Hospital. Credit: Sandra Jackson / WA News 'We all know the famous photo of Alan Bond holding up the America's Cup during a street parade through Perth in 1983 as thousands of West Aussies lined St Georges Terrace to welcome the yachting heroes,' she said. 'But the librarian handed me dozens of packets of old film negatives, and I was sitting there over a lit-up desk with JUa magnifying glass seeing hundreds of frames, some which had never been published. 'It was wild, there were images of John Bertrand, the skipper of Australia II and Ben Lexcen the designer, pushing the car because it had broken down in the middle of the parade. 'In another, Alan Bond is leaning out of an open-top Rolls-Royce to grab a can of coke from a spectator, because it was a warm day. 'Worth a Thousand Words speaks with photographer Nic Ellis who reveals how he captured these candid shots,' Bonjolo said. One of the victim's of the 2002 Bali bombings arriving on the tarmac at Perth Airport. Credit: Sandra Jackson / WA News
West Australian
15 hours ago
- West Australian
Worth A Thousand Words: The story behind that famous Schapelle Corby photo
The Worth A Thousand Words series celebrates The West Australian's photography team, who reveal the drama, challenges, passion, and pressure to capture front page pictures. We go behind the lens with current and past photographers who tell us about the back stories behind some of WA's most iconic pictures. For many West Aussies, the series will bring back memories of triumphant, harrowing, and joyful moments — all seen from a new perspective. At the time Schapelle Corby was arrested in Bali, journalist Steve Pennells was also there covering another big media story. The Queensland beauty student was being detained in holding cells, when they struck up a conversation. As an afterthought, Pennells asked if he could take a quick photo, Schapelle agreed but insisted on one thing with a pinky promise.
West Australian
15 hours ago
- General
- West Australian
Worth A Thousand Words: Dramatic ocean rescue captured and seen around the world
The Worth A Thousand Words series celebrates The West Australian's photography team, who reveal the drama, challenges, passion, and pressure to capture front page pictures. We go behind the lens with current and past photographers who tell us about the back stories behind some of WA's most iconic pictures. For many West Aussies, the series will bring back memories of triumphant, harrowing, and joyful moments — all seen from a new perspective. When the upturned hull of a yacht was spotted in the middle of the Southern Ocean, the Australian Navy embarked on a dramatic rescue mission, also onboard was photographer from The West Australian Bill Hatto. Would English yachtsman Tony Bullimore be found alive? Bill's photograph of the historic recovery made headlines around the world.
West Australian
15 hours ago
- West Australian
Worth A Thousand Words: ‘We laid eyes on a monster' - The first photo of the Claremont Killer
The Worth A Thousand Words series celebrates The West Australian's photography team, who reveal the drama, challenges, passion, and pressure to capture front page pictures. We go behind the lens with current and past photographers who tell us about the back stories behind some of WA's most iconic pictures. For many West Aussies, the series will bring back memories of triumphant, harrowing, and joyful moments — all seen from a new perspective. For twenty years, the Claremont Killer hid in plain sight until an incredible police breakthrough led them to Bradley Edwards. Finally, the public would lay eyes on the man who terrorised a community. Photographer at The West Australian, Justin Benson-Cooper, had just one opportunity to capture his photograph.
West Australian
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Worth A Thousand Words: The iconic pictures that put Perth on the map
The Worth A Thousand Words series celebrates The West Australian's photography team, who reveal the drama, challenges, passion, and pressure to capture front page pictures. We go behind the lens with current and past photographers who tell us about the back stories behind some of WA's most iconic pictures. For many West Aussies, the series will bring back memories of triumphant, harrowing, and joyful moments — all seen from a new perspective. When Australia II made history winning the America's Cup it was the biggest party Perth had ever thrown. Thousands of people lined the streets, children from Princess Margaret Hospital cheered from their hospital beds! Veteran photographer Nic Ellis recalls the iconic moments, including Alan and Eileen Bond in a bright PINK Rolls Royce!
