Bio

 

Jacques Maudy was born in Tangier, Morocco, from a French mother and a father of Spanish origin. Both languages were spoken at home.

Jacques followed his parents who settled in Paris when he was 16.
In 1978 he started a mail order company that became a 120 staff operation spanning three continents. He became a direct marketing expert in France and sold the company in 1989.
At 40 Jacques launched a fast growing advertising agency in Paris, selling it four years later.

In 1995 he and his family moved to settle permanently on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. The family acquired Australian citizenship two years after immigrating.

Jacques is an active citizen. He shares his knowledge in entrepreneurship with the students of the Sunshine Coast University where he is a regular speaker. He is a motivational speaker and business adviser.

In Australia he undertook photography and attended the Sunshine Coast School of Photography directed by Colin Beard.

Jacques is interested in documenting changing societies and how the changes impact on people’s lives.

He travelled to Cuba in January and February 2012 following a radio interview of the Cuban minister of the economy announcing the sacking of 25% of the country’s workforce from State controlled companies to incite them to create private enterprises virtually inexistent in Cuban before this decision.

Since the election of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar was on his radar. Jacques volunteered in June 2012 to document Yangon (Rangoon – Myanmar) heritage buildings for the Yangon Heritage Trust. Myanmar is undergoing massive political changes and Yangon is the last intact colonial city in Asia. The lift of the embargo will see the developers rush in. Defining heritage zones and enacting legislation to protect the architectural heritage is a matter of urgency. Australian Minister Bob Carr has committed a team of Australian experts to the Yangon Heritage Trust.

He travelled to Myanmar with Italian photographer Jimi Casaccia Annie Gaffney, ABC Radio journalist. Read her blog Burma – a changing landscape

In 2012 he confounded JJMC PHOTO, a partnership with Italian photographer Jimi Casaccia.


In December 2012 he travelled to Thailand to report on the situation of the undocumented Burmese refugees in the border region of Mae Sot.

Exhibitions:
November 2010 “Nudes’ Exhibition in Yandina QLD
March 2011 “Nudes” Exhibition in West End – Brisbane QLD
May 2012 “Cuba 2012, A pain that doesn’t kill you doesn’t last for ever ”Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, documenting the radical changes about to happen in Cuba
June 2012 “Yangon, A City to Rescue” Strand Hotel, Yangon Myanmar (Burma) with Jimi Casaccia

August 2013 “Yangon, A City to Rescue”, Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia with Jimi Casaccia

Books:
“Cuba 2012”
 “Yangon, a City to Rescue” in collaboration with Jimi Casaccia

Jimi Casaccia Born in Roma, Italy, 1978. He has obtained a degree in Science of Communication and a master in Fashion Communication.
Jimi is a true citizen of the world. For the last 12 months he has been travelling through South East Asia with his camera fascinated by the cultural differences that make our world rich and diverse.

Exhibitions:
Rome 2011 “China and its Jewels: Hong Kong and Shanghai”
June 2012 “Yangon, A City to Rescue” Strand Hotel, Yangon Myanmar (Burma) with Jacques Maudy

August 2013 “Yangon, A City to Rescue”, Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia with Jacques Maudy

Books:
“La Leggenda di Beniamino Dolli”, April 2012
“Yangon, a City to Rescue” in collaboration with Jacques Maudy.

Jimi is a native Italian speaker. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He uses Brisbane as his base for his frequent trips to Asia. 

Publications:

Jimi and Jacques have seen their photos published in the Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times (UK), Australian Financial Revue, The Mizzima (Burma), The Myanmar Times, the Irrawaddy (Burma), The Gulf Times (Dubai), Euro Asia News, Culture 360, The Gulf Today (Dubai), Silkwinds Magazine (Singapore), Thai Visa News…

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