TAYA REID

The joyful images that protected me from a thudding headache of a year.

A miserable cancer Christmas card from me to you.

I became that meme of a woman calculating, the chalk-scribble floating about her. What would it take to still make Rotto?

I’ve moved from camp I-might-die to I-probably -won’t. I’ve figured out that the somewhat hurtful complacency shown by many medical professionals in relation to breast cancer is simply down to them knowing you’re very likely to survive.

My consciousness of what was happening shifted over a matter of weeks. Awaiting the ultrasound appointment I lay awake at night, blinking into the inevitability. I knew as soon as the technician slowed down, the faintest tremor in her voice as she asked me with false brightness about my children, her careful repetition over the area, tapping swiftly at the keyboard too many times.

A photographer has favourites for a variety of random reasons. Some are emotional pangs, light tricks or just a perfect memory. Here are min

Perth Photographer Taya Reid - Year In Review

To celebrate wedding season, allow me to lecture you about things to avoid on your big day.

Do your photos of your kids suck? Tell them their bum stinks. It Aint Film I always wonder why people take one or two photos at a time....

Perth Photographer Taya Reid - Year In Review I was meant to have a quiet year and write my book, but somehow I have more material than...

For anyone whose score does not reflect their light. As I thumbed through a newspaper recently, the headline WA’s top ATAR: Meet State’s...

I wanted to offer a discount to my community for photography, but the no advertising rule applies to me and me alone.

Photo documentary of the Kinjarling Djinda Ngardak Indigenous youth culinary camp by Taya Reid.

Perth Photographer Taya Reid: Best of 2021

This is Story Thirteen in my 38 Stories Project.

38 Stories | The Lights

This is Story Eleven in my 38 Stories project | The Sad Demise of Laurence Wright

This is Story Ten in my 38 Stories Project. Submitted By: Tessa Cooper-Pengelly Word Count: 1000 Character: Lifesaver First Line Rule:...

This is Story Nine in my 38 Stories Project. Submitted By: Anon Anon Word Count: 10-54 Word: Limerence Word: Oblivion Word: Nefarious...

This is Story Eight in my 38 Stories Project. Submitted By: Matthew Lester Word Count: 1000 Setting: Butterfly Valley, Turkey Word: Fire...