Archive for January, 2010

Time in a bottle…an update

Kia ora tatou: The last few days have been both painful and revelatory. Little did I realise  how my post of Saturday morning would generate such adeeply-moving and generous response from all of you. In that time you have posted, sent me emails, phoned me and goivenme massive support. I am deeply honoured and deeply [...]

Photographing the land. A quality of obsession.

The future was rushing towards me, drawing ever closer, arriving on the horned wings of an approaching storm. I looked up in horror, in ghastly realisation, and knew that there was nothing, nothing at all I could do to escape, to turn it away…. I am more convinced than ever that whatever we photograph, we [...]

Stories from a tin can

I know that I have blogged about this many times, but there’s only so much you can do when you’re stuck on a ferry for 3 hours, with nowhere to go (unless you fancy a long swim). You can sleep; you can read a book; you can sit there inside the tin can, watching the [...]

Intermission concluded…the Buzzard has landed

Kia ora tatou: As a few of you know, Heather and I have been journeying for the last few weeks, looking for the right place to settle and begin again…or continue what has been begun. For some time I have  had a dream of building a centre, a whare oranga, where I could teach workshops, [...]