Image: Les Wasley working from HMAS Melbourne in 1961, using a French 35mm Eclair Caméflex, also a favourite of the French New Wave for its hand-held flexibility.
‘I can remember when the great fires were on in the Blue Mountains in the late 1950s, standing where the flames were leaving the railway line and ash falling … Here we were covering a bush fire in shirts and ties – this is how we dressed because we were professionals.’
