Use Your Audience

Splinter: a dungeon refuge.

Hidden away in the inner city streets of Melbourne, the BDSM fetish community meets to play.

Shot with iPhone and Panasonic camera.

Seeking Refuge: an Irish Take

Black Swans Find Refuge at Albert Park

The black swans at Albert Park have to deal with some noisy guests each year, when the Grand Prix comes to town.

But despite feeling the stress from the event, the swans decide to stay. Annie Aulsebrook from the University of Melbourne…

Comfort in Creatures

Many people love to come home to the comforting wag of their dog’s tail.

But for some this is not an achievable — or desirable — reality, due to cost, space, or living restrictions.

Healing Music

Finding a refuge is important when people face adversity. Music is being used as a catalyst for healing people that are suffering from psychological stress and to build safe places where healing can occur. Garreth Hanley investigates healing with music in this piece for The Citizen News at The…

Detainees take refuge in friendship

Solitary confinement, barbed wire fences and little hope for the future. Life is tough for detainees at the Maribyrnong and Broadmeadows detention centres. Mental illness is rife, and detainees feel isolated and abandoned.

Assignment 3 — Liam Clark

Filmed mostly on a Panasonic HD Camera, Bar shots filmed on an iPhone 6.

And finally…..

Interesting that one of the breakout hits at this year’s Sundance was shot only on a couple of iPhone 5s.