THE PHOTO OF the Weld Angel brought the fight to protect Tasmania’s Southern Forests to the world. It appeared in a number of international television broadcasts and the pages of major newspapers and magazines such as Le Figaro and Vanity Fair Italia, well before the issue was covered by Australian media.
Photographer Matthew Newton has been documenting the ongoing struggle for Tasmania’s forests for 20 years (see page 42) and the image demonstrates the power of high‑quality photography when it’s combined with theatrical activism.
