'Ode to Wairarapa, Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne land I' Photograph - Limited Edition of 10

'An Ode to Wairarapa, Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne land I' is an image shot on medium format film as a part of the wider 2022 project 'Windows to Yesterday and Tomorrow'. This image offers a picturesque view of the untouched, sun soaked nature of the Wairarapa Bush in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The print is an archival quality matte finish, framed in a box frame with spacers and UV protective glass, painted a colour as matched from the scene itself. This image was taken as a part of an on site installation experiment that involved framing and rephotographing through the reflection of a mirror on the same site (see 'Studies on Natural Temporality I'). It depicts a specific site in the remote Wairarapa region of Aotearoa, New Zealand during a summer sunrise. In the context of the project, 'Windows to Yesterday and Tomorrow' this work and it's opposite 'An Ode to Wairarapa, Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne land II' serve to honour the iwi land I worked from and collaborated with in the making of this project.