Rukuwai: Moko Kauae
Rukuwai shares about her journey to getting her moko kauae, her experience with Christianity as a Māori, and the reclamation of Māori culture in Aotearoa.
All Creation Keeps Creating
“Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!”.
Pre-Distanced: Free Digital Zine
I’ve been really feeling the distance from others over these past few weeks of our COVID-19 “lockdown”, and part of my way of processing that has been to relive recent memories from before these physically distanced times.
My Polaroid Land Camera from Antarctica
Everyone loves a good back story, right? My Polaroid Land 250 appears to have some kind of story. I’m not sure of all the details but a little sticker and a few clicks on Google gave my imagination enough to “zone out” on…
Stars & Stillness
Recently I got out under the stars with my good friend Larryn (Shadow & Shade). He helped me guess some settings on my Hasselblad; we had chippies, ginger beer, and good chats; and in the dead of the night we sat in deep, reverent silence while looking up at the stars.
Ektachrome 100: Metering & Family Memories
Sooo anyone who saw our Cam & Sam video on YouTube knows that I under and over exposed most of my first roll of Ektachrome. I was pretty disappointed with the results, and over the following months I kept seeing these gorgeous images people were making with this beautiful new film stock! Salt in the wound.
Pou Unveiling - Cameron Cres
I have the honour of being involved with Te Pātukituki o Wairarapa who are doing inspiring and important work in our community, which encompasses a lot and is hard to sum up.
Ihumātao: Privilege and Responsibility
It’s been over 3 weeks since I visited Ihumātao and my stomach is still churning every day, my mind trying to hold steady as the waves of love, pride, grief, and anger crash into each other and threaten to tip me off balance - as I sit in my office chair and attempt to write emails and answer phone calls.
Artist Interview with The Black & White Box
My photo lab, The Black & White Box, have started a great little series on their blog called “Artist Interviews”. I was surprised and honoured to be asked a few questions for it recently.
Overexposing Portra 800
Being in a small town means a lot of what I learn about film photography comes either from trial-and-error or the internet, so I end up trying different films and various experiments to see how I like the results for myself.
