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Mal Fairclough
Freelance photographer based in Melbourne.
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Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

Tuesday 21 March 2017

"I have to say it was a strange feeling to shoot the Australian International Airshow a few weeks back," writes Mal Fairclough, a freelance photographer based in Melbourne.

"A week before it started, we had a small plane crash near the Melbourne airport, killing five people just after takeoff and I photographed the consequences. And now, just days later, I would be photographing people doing crazy stunts with planes. On purpose."

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