George Fetting - Professional Photography

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KEN + the VOLCANO

And for something a little different..... One of my favoutite images of all time was taken on assignment for Travel + Leisure magazine a few years back in PNG on the island of Rabaul. My background is features and editorial and I was Capture Magazine Australian Travel Photographer of the Year twice. I do miss those commissions but of course the mags have no money anymore! That volcano in the background called Tavurvur sounded like a 747 taking off when it vented, and swimming in the waters with Ken Kolias who lived only a few hundred meters away is something I'll never forget. For the camera buffs the pic was taken with a Mamiya 7 medium format 6x7cm rangefinder camera loaded with Kodak Portra 160 iso film. Seems so long ago shooting on film.....

Local elder Ken Kolias and Tavurvur the volcano venting Rabaul PNG.