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'For as long as he could remember Julian Mather wanted to be a photojournalist.
'Then he got side-tracked. And while military sniper seemed like a good idea at the time, he found the telescopic sights of his rifle were starting to look more and more like a movie camera, and so he fell in love with film-making. It wasn't quite photojournalism but it was better than killing people. Shooting people with a camera was more, well, fun. And of course, life as an ABC TV cameraman was less life-threatening - wasn′t it?
'From filming explosions in Los Alamos, to harrowing car journeys in Kosovo, from performing magic tricks for kids to hanging from helicopters with his camera on his shoulder, Julian goes from one exciting and perilous adventure to another.
'And then there's the people he meets along the way: care workers and strippers, refugees and nuclear scientists, and the many strange and wonderful characters he works with, both in the outback and the corridors of that great national institution, the ABC. It's a bloody great job, even if it is the second best job in the world.
'The Second Best Job in the World is a funny and entertaining look at the life of an extremely likeable TV cameraman who really has been everywhere, and done everything.' (From the publisher's website.)
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In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 July 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography ; The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography ; Sunday's Kitchen : Food and Living at Heide 2010 single work prose -
The Ringside View of Life
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 July 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 42)
— Review of The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 42)
— Review of The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography -
The Ringside View of Life
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 July 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography -
In Short : Nonfiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 July 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Madam Lash : Gretel Pinniger's Scandalous Life of Sex, Art and Bondage 2010 single work biography ; The Second-Best Job in the World : The Extraordinary Adventures of an ABC Cameraman 2010 single work autobiography ; Sunday's Kitchen : Food and Living at Heide 2010 single work prose