"Anti-Portraits" 2007

Series of works taken under the concept of "anti-portraiture", taken in studio using an old large format camera (with 4 x 5" size negatives). The shallow depth of field was achieved with the large format camera, which has a tilt-shift lens that changes the focal point and depth. 

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Landscape photos, 2009

Digital photographs taken in and around Central Otago and Wanaka, New Zealand, 2009.

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Various Fashion Photos 2007- 09

Hairdressing Competition, Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin 2007

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Shot at the Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin 2008

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Shot at Corstorphine Boutique Hotel, Dunedin 2009

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Shot at Corstorphine Boutique Hotel, Dunedin 2009

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Shot at Corstorphine Boutique Hotel, Dunedin 2009

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Old works- Portraits, 2007

All shot on medium format film in a Bronica camera. This first one is a self portrait taken in the lighting studio, the other portraits just using natural light.. 

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Old works- "Candyland" 2008

Works were taken using medium format film in an old Bronica camera. (The little bear shot with a macro lens.) Almost everything in the work was edible, a landscape made from lollies!

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"Paper-Thin" 2009 Part 1

The work is a series of photographic portraits taken with medium format slide film in a twin-lens reflex camera, showing various emotions, maladies and violence with the use of coloured paper placed on the human body. Replacing important parts of the scene with paper reduces the event to the level of a cartoon, making it ok for the viewer to stare, even to laugh.

Diseases and psychological illnesses make people uncomfortable, and the most common way of dealing with this is to look away. With these images, the viewer is invited to stare, only to realise too late what it is they are really looking at.

The series can be split into two parts; cartoons and medical imagery. The entire series is going to be displayed in the "Site '09" exhibition at the Otago Polytechnic School of Art. The following photographs are the cartoon-derived works.

"Plastic Surgery" 2009

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"Knock Out" 2009

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"Love" 2009

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"Cry" 2009

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"Paper-Thin" 2009 Part 2

The "medical" part of the series, also to be displayed in the "Site '09" exhibition.

"Nausea" 2009

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"Spots" 2009

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"Blood Vessels" 2009

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"Fever" 2009

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Glamstravaganza, Refuel 2009

Dr Glam

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Dr Glam

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Dr Glam

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Left Or Right Album Release, Sammy's 2009

Left Or Right

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Left Or Right

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Biff Merchants

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Knives @ Noon

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Knives @ Noon

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Left Or Right

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Left Or Right

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Ray Barlin Award 2009

This is an image from a fashion shoot which I entered into the Ray Barlin photography competition and got a highly commended! The competition is open to New Zealanders under the age of 25, including professionals, so it's pretty exciting! 

Clothing- Cheska Pasco      Model- Pagan Carruthers

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Little Red Riding Hood 2009

I have been looking at children's fairy tales, and for these images I wanted to produce a dark atmosphere, with a feeling of uneasiness and vulnerability. The outfit for this shoot is handmade. 

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Paper Tree 2009

I did some experimental work, creating a paper tree and taking a series of photographs of the leaves "falling" off it in stages. These are some of the works from the series.

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Children's Stories- Subversive Art 2009

From the tree works I became interested in using paper in my works. I was looking at children's stories, and the violence inherent in them, which doesn't seem to shock children. These photographs are intended to be subversive- they portray something violent or things that make us uncomfortable, but in a way that doesn't shock the audience.  

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Day Dream Night Mare 2009

"Day Dream Night Mare" is a series of photographs based on the same concept as "Light On The Dark" (see work below), but presented in a more surreal and theatrical way. Personally, I don't think these works are as strong as the "Light On The Dark" series, but they still articulate the idea successfully.

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Day Dream Night Mare 2009

More work from the "Day Dream Night Mare" series

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