The Birds and the Bees portrays a breadth of interpretations, as the photographers attach human states of being such as joy, sorrow, growth and death to this well-known phrase
Karen Crisp photographs exotic and invasive plants, investigating the unsettling qualities that can be present in these environments.
Paul Pachter portrays the immediate landscape of his garden of 20 years, expressing aspects of his personal history.
Isabella Pachter collects images of preserved and mounted animals and nature scenes to create collages that comment on the portrayal of nature in the west.
Kellie Gray explores the nature of existence and questions our individual realities using digital stills captured from hours of video tape.
Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2006 [blogged previously], this exhibition features a range of photographic approaches, encompassing ‘pure’ large format photography, pinhole photography, manipulated and re-photographed images, and digital stills capture.
Dates: 7–24 June, 2006
Opening reception: Tuesday, 6 June, 2006, 7:00pm
The show is at Artstation, 1 Ponsonby Rd, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
Via Pinhole Visions