So its been a busy week or so.
10 days ago I was privileged to spend a couple of days photographing and helping some mates make a doco about a friend getting a full face ta Moko (maori facial tattoo). The entire time at the marae was one of the most amazing experiences of my life, so much emotion and excitement. I gained a much stronger understanding of the true concept of whanau. We interviewed my friend and his family about the significance of him recieving the ta Moko as well as two women who also had moko kauae done on the same day. Needless to say over two days I shot more than 2000 images and I hope to share these in the future once I get through the enormous task of sorting and editing all of them and presenting them to the families. So many ideas of what Id like to see done with such a visual story will have to discuss this further with those involved but I'm pretty damn excited about what I shot.... so jus wait and see!
I got back late last Saturday evening and early the next morning was out with Julian Beecham and his team to help with the Popup Streetstore for the homeless just down the street from home. Such a cool concept, donated clothing available to be "bought" for nothing by the less fortunate and rough living. I had a fun morning catching up with some streetie mates I've made over the last few months and seeing some people get some new shoes and jackets.
Click on the gallery above to scroll through some of the images
Since then Ive been locked into my computer editing or transribing audio for another project, as well as slipping out to take a few shots on other small shoots. Nice to be busy and meeting lots of new people!