OBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band

In the coastal village of Abepura in West Papua, one of Australia and the Pacific’s great underground artists was recently laid to rest. His name was Mark Worth, although he went by a variety of nicknames, including Kurtz, Captain Kino, Captain Kaos and, affectionately, ‘Worthy’. Worth, who died of...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ebc9c74263424ee8b6cb23acb4685d5d2021-12-02T10:34:39ZOBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band10.24135/pjr.v10i1.7861023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/ebc9c74263424ee8b6cb23acb4685d5d2019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/786https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 In the coastal village of Abepura in West Papua, one of Australia and the Pacific’s great underground artists was recently laid to rest. His name was Mark Worth, although he went by a variety of nicknames, including Kurtz, Captain Kino, Captain Kaos and, affectionately, ‘Worthy’. Worth, who died of pneumonia at 45, was one of Australia’s finest frontier cameramen. He aspired to the pantheon of great Australian documentary filmmakers and conflict cameramen – Frank Hurley, Damien Parer and Neil Davis – and his contemporary peers included Dennis O’Rourke, Bob Connelly, Mark Davis and David Brill. Pictured: Mark Worth / Ben Bohane Ben BohaneAsia Pacific Networkarticleobituariesfilmmakingpolitical activismpolitical journalismWest PapuaCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2019)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic obituaries
filmmaking
political activism
political journalism
West Papua
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle obituaries
filmmaking
political activism
political journalism
West Papua
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Ben Bohane
OBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band
description In the coastal village of Abepura in West Papua, one of Australia and the Pacific’s great underground artists was recently laid to rest. His name was Mark Worth, although he went by a variety of nicknames, including Kurtz, Captain Kino, Captain Kaos and, affectionately, ‘Worthy’. Worth, who died of pneumonia at 45, was one of Australia’s finest frontier cameramen. He aspired to the pantheon of great Australian documentary filmmakers and conflict cameramen – Frank Hurley, Damien Parer and Neil Davis – and his contemporary peers included Dennis O’Rourke, Bob Connelly, Mark Davis and David Brill. Pictured: Mark Worth / Ben Bohane
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title OBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band
title_short OBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band
title_full OBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band
title_fullStr OBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band
title_full_unstemmed OBITUARY: A guerrilla and a one-man band
title_sort obituary: a guerrilla and a one-man band
publisher Asia Pacific Network
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