How we shot the 2021 Rich List
There were a few dramas trying to capture some of the stunning photos for this yearâs list of Australiaâs wealthiest people.
Take 2: Andrew Forrest came back from a meeting to do this photo after an equipment failure aborted the first attempt.Â
Alina Gozinâa
May 28, 2021 â 10.39am
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Whatâs worse than shooting a magazine cover and having your camera fail? Shooting a magazine cover when both of your back-up cameras fail as well.
That was the âworst-ever-nightmareâ that befell Alina Gozinâa for her shoot with Andrew Forrest, Australiaâs second richest person, for the cover of this yearâs Rich List issue of
But there’s no denying the couple’s very public falling out with the family firm has caused deep, simmering rifts within various familial ranks, not least with Murdoch’s heir apparent, eldest son Lachlan Murdoch. There have been reports the brothers are no longer on speaking terms, but others in their orbit say that’s not quite the case. Either way the brothers’ uneasy relationship should make for interesting cocktail banter with the birthday boy.
Elisabeth, Rupert and James Murdoch in 2013. The Murdochs are no strangers to Shakespearean drama when it comes to family and business: various members have fallen in and out of favour many times over the years.
Itâs shaping up as one of
the most intriguing guests lists of the year: which family members will be invited to celebrate Rupert Murdochâs upcoming 90th birthday with the billionaire expat media mogul?
Rupert Murdoch captured in his element: reading one of his many newspapers at home.
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And even more tantalising, given the endless Machiavellian machinations within the all-powerful family, is the prospect of who will actually show up.
Will James Murdoch be there?
In more united times: Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch in California in 2014.
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James and his wife Kathryn publicly cast shade on Rupert in January with stinging criticism of one of his most precious personal possessions - his media empire. However I have been assured by well placed sources that they were very much involved in top secret plans to mark the patriarchâs birthday milestone.
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