In memoriam: Spanning four decades, the best photographs by Michael Clayton-Jones in The Age
30 ImagesMichael Clayton-Jones worked as a photographer at The Age from the late 1980s until 2014. He died from cancer last week. Michael will be sadly missed by friends and colleagues. This is a collection of some of his best work for The Age.
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American actor Samuel L. Jackson.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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S11 protesters come face to face with police trying to blockade a car park at Crown casino in Melbourne in 2000.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Shepparton High School students (from left) Biancia Cattanach-Firebrace, Cale McCartin and Mitch Taylforth were among the first students in the world to use iPods in the classroom.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Damian, from Assumption College Killmore found the butterflies in Melbourne Zoo’s butterfly enclosure, 1999.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Concerned beachgoers watch on as a thunderstorm approaches on a scorching Melbourne day.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Australian animator, filmmaker and Oscar winner Adam Elliot.Credit:Michael Clayton Jones
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A prize bull is led from the arena past The Great Australian Roast takeaway food stall specialising in roast beef sandwiches and rolls.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Premier John Brumby and Emergency Services Minister Bob Cameron appoint Simon Overland the new chief commissioner of Victoria Police in March 2009.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Funk and soul legend James Brown ‘feelin’ good’ in Melbourne.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Fitzroy residents vented their feelings when they gathered in the emptied swimming pool in 1994 to protest its planned closure.Credit:Michael Clayton Jones
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Sisters Merindah Punch, Jannali Punch and Nina Punch of the Koori scout group, 1999.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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CFA firefighters defend the Glenmaggie Caravan Park in south-east Victoria.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Construction workers competing in ‘The Biggest Loser’ (from left) Robert Paterson, Robert Graauwmans, Stu-e Corkran and Robert Ramsay, weigh in at the Melbourne City Baths.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Police officers investigate a high-speed collision following a police chase in Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, in 2011.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Australian Ballet School students Loredana Sachelaru (left) and Stephanie Bennett enjoy a moment during a break from ‘Swan Lake’ rehearsals.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Local lads take advantage of a broken fire hydrant on the corner of River and Malcolm streets in South Yarra for respite from Melbourne’s 40-degree heat, 1998.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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The cast of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ make a splash on the steps of Parliament.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Latje Latje dancer Roman Gadd takes time out to make a phone call.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Fishermen brave the elements on a bleak Queen’s Birthday public holiday at Half Moon Bay, Melbourne, 1999.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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A Gentoo penguin at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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At the end of a solid training session, the Victorian women’s State of Origin team players collapse in their Box Hill Football Club changing rooms, 1993.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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From left: Jet rock band members Cameron Muncey, Mark Wilson, Chris Cester and Nic Cester. Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Seagulls and windsurfers take advantage of strong winds off Greens Point.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating arrives at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne for the premiere of Keating! The Musical.Credit:Michael Clayton Jones
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Norm Buckingham, a long-time resident of Fitzroy, was among people who gathered at the Fitzroy Town Hall for the launch of a book documenting the history of their suburb in 1989.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Chrissy Amphlett on stage in Melboune in 1991.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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The Lang Lang Rodeo where large beasts give bull-riders a lesson in the laws of gravity.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Andrew Haywood with his champion racing ferret Clumper.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Rescue workers hoist a CityLink workman to safety. Sadly, the workman did not survive.Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones
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Michael Clayton-Jones.Credit:Jason South
