Dreaming of balmy July nights on Venice Beach – palm trees, digging down to find the cool sand, delicious tacos, icy beer, gutter punk, glitter overload, faux-celebrity culture characters, well-dressed animals…
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Making the move to Auckland the last few months have been new and unsettled, however not without exploration and my newfound obsession with patches of natural light means I spend…
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Tokyo is crosswalk busy and populated with unexpected quietness, so much so you feel the need to whisper. The light doesn’t cloak or blanket like other places. It rests. In the…
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A reunion Christmas getting lost in the secret gardens of Oporua and swimming in the Ruamahunga. Home.…
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Travelling to Shanghai again I’m first reminded how differently the light falls as soon as we step off the plane and onto the tarmac. There isn’t that New Zealand clarity to…
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For a light so tranquil, glowing an afternoon gold, this place feels like a bustling highway. There are waving cats and hanging ducks by the bundle; scooters to dodge down cobbled…
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Like many things, I feel like summer never really just ends, instead it fades away in bursts and waning flickers. The days get shorter and the nights longer, and before you…
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To follow up an amazing adventure to Shangahi, China we hosted a delegation of designers and lecturers from the Shanghai University of Engineering and Science (SUES) late last year for the…
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I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced anything quite so fast paced as Shanghai. Driving into the city felt dangerous and exciting with cars coming at us from every direction as grid…
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On a cold and rainy saturday afternoon we recorded an acoustic session with Brown under the cover of the alleyway in Mou Very. Theirs is a sound which will always feel…
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Happy thursday! I am feeling a little bit like THIS today. Mind you, the increasingly warmer weather makes me excited for some upcoming projects and summery nights when the city glitters…
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One terribly rainy day recently we ventured out the Arcadian Motel in Musselburgh to shoot the new collection for Creeps and Violets after creating some still lifes with spring flowers in…
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One of the coolest things about my job is dreaming up new ways to photograph in interesting locations. As soon as you move beyond the studio there is a world of…
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Every now and then the world feels small and hectic, overwhelming and same-y until I stand on this hilltop high above the city on a clear night, feeling the wintery breeze…
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As far as escaping the icy cold beginnings of winter go, Tonga was a destination well equipped with sea and sun and touching down on earthy tarmac…