A place to rest and create.

Small rural New Zealand towns have little photographic gems in tucked away corners. Strolling through these places can never be described as an experience that affords a sense of comfort. After all as we amber past row after row of granite and stone arranged in measured uniform rows, no one wants to be reminded of our own mortality, the final resting pace. Our unconscious is constantly drawing comparisons with living experiences and our perception of nothingness is a state we cannot comprehend. With this in mind, a cemetery would hardly rate at the top of ones list of locations to make great photographs.

Photos never capture the present, only the past, the same also applies to our communal resting places so making pictures in a cemetery seems strangely apt. There a stories to be told, lives to reflect upon and memories to be had each carved into stone. Seek out the old and the majestic and shoot with respect.