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Charles J. Page: documentary photographer

                                        International Projects



1972-80    An extensive project to document photographically the decline of steam locomotion, also addressing the                     sociological implications brought about by this evolution in technology.  The project concentrated on the                     following countries:
1972           South Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland, Europe
1978           China, India, Malaysia
1980           India, Pakistan

1989             Photographed in Japan and USA.

1992            Pakistan and Afghanistan documented the operations of the International Committee of Red Cross,                              concentrating on I.C.R.C. activities concerned with the Afghanistan War. (Supported by a Research                               Grant from Griffith University).

1993            Malawi, Mozambique and Somalia.  This project was supported by a Research Grant from Griffith                                  University and with the cooperation of the following organizations -
                    U.N.SOM.    United Nations Somalia
                    U.N.H.C.R.     United Nations High commission for Refugees
                    I.C.R.C.        International Committee of Red Cross
                    C.A.R.E.    Somalia
                    I.F.R.C.        Federation of Red Cross, Malawi
                    A.D.F.        Australian Armed Forces
                    U.S.M.C.    United States Marine Corps.

1994 - 95    Documented the operations of the Thai Red Cross, concentrating on the HIV/Aids programs of the Red                     Cross.

1995          Chechnya (Russian Federation), under the auspices of the International Committee of Red Cross.  The                        purpose was to concentrate on ICRC activities concerned with the Chechnyan conflict.  (The project was                     supported by a Research Grant from Griffith University).

1996         Chechnya (Russian Federation), under contract to the International Committee of Red Cross. This                                mission continued the documentation of ICRC activities concerned with the Chechnyan conflict.                                      (Supported by a Research Grant from Griffith University).

1997          Contracted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to produce                                        Photographs  for the World Disasters Report [1998 ]. This publication has a worldwide distribution.                             Commissioned to photograph in the following countries:
        •    India
        •    Jordan
        •    Colombia
        •    Peru
                  (This project was supported by a research grant from Griffith University).

1999         Western China, Inner Mongolia, documented the last operational mainline    steam locomotives.                                     Assisted by a research grant from Griffith University.


2000        Academic studies detachment [ASP] a 14-week international photographic project that   addressed;
        1.  Mexican culture
        2.  The documentation of four Ipswich communities in the following geographical locations, Australia,                                 U.S.A.[2] and the  U.K.

2001        Manchuria, Northern China documented remote Forest Railways.

2002        Western China, documented heavy industrial sites and operational steam trains.

2003        Completed the Ipswich project, documenting the Ipswich community in Jamaica, supported by a grant                        from The Ipswich Art Gallery.
                   Photographed (street photography) in Cuba, Athens (Greece) and Paris (France).


2005         Documented the environmentally disastrous Seamangeum reclamation project in South Korea.                                      (supported by an ASP research grant from Griffith University).

2006          Re visited the Seamangeum reclamation project in South Korea.

2007           Re visited the Seamangeum reclamation project in South Korea.

2008            Re visited the Seamangeum reclamation project in South Korea.                                                                                                     ( supported by an ASP research grant from Griffith University).

2010 - 2011   The Centenary of World War 1, this project was begun in 2007 and included images from The Western Front, Gallipoli and Australia. A major publication, ​Memories in Place: the centenary of WW1 was published by the State Library of Queensland in 2013.