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A conflict photography exhibition goes deep into battle, writes Suzanna Clarke
WHILE some photographers make their name stalking celebrities, others are drawn to depict the world at its most raw - at great risk to themselves.
Several Australians are among this coterie of hardy types who have documented wars from Vietnam in 1965 to current conflicts. Together they form the collective Degree South and the result of their work is now being exhibited at the Brisbane Powerhouse until Sunday. On show is the work of Sean Flynn, Tim Page, Stephen Dupont, David Dare Parker, Jack Picone, Ben Bohane, Michael Coyne and Ashley Gilbertson.
Based in Hong Kong, Coyne says his most vivid and terrifying memory was during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, shooting for Newsweek. "I went with some Iranian soldiers to an island near Basra. The soldiers hadn't told me that we were...