Jennifer Hawkins Bra and Panty launch. Credit; Damian Baker

By the NewsHooker
Been a busy few months but its all starting to pay off.
This week its Pink yachts,big black ships,Georgie Parker, Johnathon Thurston, Michael Caton, Panties, Bras, Jennifer Hawkins, Lady Punks, Johnno and Catriona Rowntree, Big Fella’s (Pete Carrette) and social unrest in the leafy suburbs.
Have a look at www.jpa.ifp3.com for a Hooker pictorial week.

I will rehash on the reason we named this little dit the News Hooker.
Its hard makin a livin out of news so I began this little column to explain the way I balance the books with strange delvings into the celebrity world, a little commercial work and some good old paparazzi.
It’s a bit surreal at times but I love the madness of it. I was lucky enough to be snappin Jennifer Hawkins at a strawberries and champagne bra and panty launch last Wednesday. Jen God bless her was talking on the importance of young girl’s body image issues.
She was gorgeous as usual and worked her ass off obliging everyone for about two hours. She gave it up for me (as Pete calls it) smiling into my camera over and over again until I started to think she had fallen for my sharp, op shop dress sense, my rugged good looks, and well, just me.
I got a great bag of images and everyone in the room fell in love with her true country charm. However as I contemplated a marriage proposal my phone rang; it was Jethro Tulin a New Guinean Highland tribesman. This man is  real story in a real land.
I was introduced to Jethro’s story when he came to Australia to get his legs and arms reset, after security officials at the local mine did a job on him. He managed to heal up and is back in his village trying to get a decent deal for his fellow tribesmen at the moment.

From the North Shore to PNG

After last week covering North Shore middle class demonstrations I think I need to tell the story of Jethro’s  valley. The short story here is people are being killed and environments are being ruined in the hunt for gold.

High Rise Protest october 09. Credit; Damian Baker

Barrick Mines has been earnin a little profit in them thar hills, but unfortunately them thar hills are slippin to the valley floor as the gold comes out.
Villagers are being shot, houses are burnt but profits are high.
By gawd its hit $1000 an ounce that yeelloow stuff so its worth a fight.
The security boys are riding on tribal tensions and wages of gold and are involved in some hideous behaviour, but enough of this, if you want the real news go to theangle.org.
I think I had coined the Phrase “Pap (paparazzi) for Pap (Papua New Guinea)” some time back but it was startin to look like a deal. The SMH (Sydney Morning Herald) was looking for imagery and I was sure to be able to get a day rate or two out of SBS.
Fuck it anyway this is why I love this industry it’s a chance ot make a difference. If I go broke on the trip I will Pap my way out of it when I get home and this is an opportunity for me to break it back to the stuff that hooked me years ago in the Torres Strait, news about people who’s live’s news can change.

My Jenn. Credit Damian Baker

One day I will come back to Jen god bless her, I reckon she would be interested in a cause that involves our closest neighbors.
A little holiday in PNG is just what I need; it’s the kind of place that agrees with me. No rules Wild West style fun and great landscapes.
Before I head off I’ve got a week of Climate Camp NSW to encourage along gotta see if we can get it into the news.
Some fun and games at the colliery are to be had and lets face it these young crews down there for the weekend are our future media workers.
Rich is working his ass off trying to sell stories and images that we hope to get on the PNG trip and I have spent five an a half grand on camera gear for the PNG trip. If anyone needs a good (in all sense of the term) photographer or writer in December we need some paying work!!!!!! Call theangle.org and ask if you can help pay for Papua by hiring the staff.

By the way parts of this story may be fictitious if one said hooker ever ends up in court. And mum Rich made some of this up to make it interesting again I’m mainly in the office.
Shit this bath water has gone cold.
OXOXOX
See you all in the soup.

Hooker in the pot. Credit; Damian Baker

Have a look at www.jpa.ifp3.com for a pictorial week.

Tags: Jennifer Hawkins, mining, photography, PNG, yachting