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Lens: HakariDifferent approaches to theme

Different approaches to photography

Photographic Precedents(rather than artist models)

Precedent: An earlier event or action (photographer) that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances (your assignment)



MihimihiMihimihi examines the ideas of journey and arrival, of coming together, and of sharing in and contributing to building a rich and divergent collective identity. Mihimihi begins with the announcing of oneself. How do you announce yourself? Who are you; who are your people; where do you come from; what are your stories; what do you bring to this place and the people around you?

Wolfgang Tillmans

Edith Amituanai

Dita Pepe

Thomas Ruff



TūrangawaewaeTūrangawaewae begins with an understanding of place. What is this place you have come to, and how does it relate to your place, the place where you stand, your marae or home? Where do you stand relative to others and their belief systems and worldviews?

Joel SternfeldFrom the series On This Site

The Detroit River at General MacArthur Bridge, Detroit, Michigan January 1996On August 19th 1995 Deletha Word and Martell Welch had a minor traffic accident. Welch chased

Word, pulled her from her car and beat her for nearly half and hour. More than forty people, some of whom had cellular phones, watched as Welch struck her repeatedly with a tire iron, but no one called

the police. Word leapt from this bridge to escape her attacker. Two men jumped in the river to save her, but Word feared they would harm her as well and kept swimming; she eventually drowned.

Martell Welch has been charged with murder.

Joel SternfeldFrom the series On This Site

Central Park, looking towards the Plaza Hotel, New York, October 1994.In the December 1953 issue of Cancer Research, Dr Ernst Wynder presented the first definitive proof

that cigarette smoke causes cancer in laboratory animals. A few weeks later, the presidents of the major American tobacco companies met at the Plaza Hotel and agreed to begin an aggressive

advertising campaign to counter Wynder’s findings.

Laurence Aberhart

Andrew RossMein St Backyard, Wellington, 2005

Andrew RossRainbow Books, Newtown, Wellington, 2007

Martin ParrFrom the series Life’s a Beach

New Brighton, UK, 1985


Lake Garda, Italy, 1999

Martin ParrFrom the series Life’s a BeachCopacabana, Rio, Brazil, 2007


Ocean Dome, Miyazaki, Japan, 1996


Goa, India, 1993

Ed Ruscha



ĀteaĀtea examines the corresponding ideas of encounters with places and people; conversations/discourse; challenges; process (tikanga – practices and rules) and the dynamic and at times challenging and confrontational spaces of meeting.

John Miller

Beat Streuli

Garry Winogrand

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