Once upon a time ... I spent 3 months living in Berlin, documenting the international exhibition - TASWIR. The hours were long and intense but the rewards, in terms of people met and things learned, were truly worthwhile.
I love being given free reign to capture people doing their thing. Had I known of the possibility, I would have dreamed of being an ethnographer when I was small and out searching for other peoples stories ... or I would have left to be a photographer as soon as I was old enough. But I only knew of studio portrait photographers and never really thought about who was taking the photographs that appeared in magazines and newspapers.
My world ... my mind, they seem to have been quite limited back there in small town New Zealand. Although it was good place to grow up in so many other ways.
But now I'm out in the world and the adventures have been truly grand. I'm posting this series of photographs in response to my poet friend, Ren Powell's, work challenge over on facebook.
Today I wrote: A work meme from Ren Powell. Post your work for 5 days and nominate two others each day. Day 2. Today I nominated two talented friends, jeweler Kim Arrand, and colour therapist, Marcia O’ Regan.
Today, I have a life to organise and work to do. Thank goodness for sunshine and an end to the winter that was ...