TIM PAGE

left England at seventeen to travel across Europe, the Middle East, India and Nepal. He found himself in Laos at the time of the civil war and ended up working as a stringer for UPI. From there he moved on to Saigon where he covered the Vietnam War for the next five years mostly on assignment for TIME-LIFE, PARIS MATCH and ASSOCIATED PRESS. He also found time to cover the Six Day War from the Arab side in ’67. Wounded four times, the last time leaving him with severe head injuries and hemiplegic, Tim spent a year in America recovering physically. A year in Rome for TIME-LIFE was followed by photographing the music scene in America for ROLLING STONE and CRAWDADDY magazine. Michael Herr’s book ‘DISPATCHES’ was made into a play in London and Tim returned to his homeland and the start of his mental recovery with the publication of his book ‘NAM’. Tim went on to publish nine books and is the subject of ten documentaries and two feature films.

His photographs are held in collections at THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, THE SMITHSONIAN, THE PRINCES TRUST, THE VICTORIA & ALBERT, THE FREEDOM FORUM and others.

Tim is also a recipient of the ROBERT CAPA AWARD, OLIVIER RIBBOT AWARD, GEORGE POLK AWARD, OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB AWARD, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS and others. In the early 90’s while making a documentary of his search for Sean Flynn (son of Errol) and Dana Stone, Tim came up with the concept of a memorial for all the photographers who died covering the conflict in Indochina. He included the North Vietnamese photographers and later donated the exhibition to the Vietnamese government. It is on permanent display in Ho Chi Minh City. He has returned to Vietnam 42 times and runs IMMF photo workshops. Tim has also been documenting the effects of Agent Orange and landmines for the last 25 years – for his work, the Vietnamese government awarded him “CULTURAL HERO of the REVOLUTION” (only the 7th recipient in history).

Tim lives in Brisbane, is an adjunct professor at Griffith University and recently travelled with David Dare Parker to cover the conflict in East Timor.

tim@timpage.com.au
www.timpage.com.au
www.digitalrailroad.net/timpage