Created with the people of Tairāwhiti, Aotearoa (Gisborne, New Zealand), Salt was influenced by the collective experience of our time, COVID-19. The works consider the projection of the 'self', with the participants cognisant of this exploration into photographic ontology. Made together, the imagery seeks to provoke discourse on humanity's predilection to preconceive and stereotype, through subversion of the portrait genre, presented as eight diptychs.

SALT

Masters Degree -  Personal Work

ACCLAIM FOR SALT

ACCLAIM FOR SALT:

2024 COLLECTION ADDITION
TE TĀIRAWHITI MUSEUM. NZ
HTTPS://TAIRAWHITIMUSEUM.ORG.NZ/ 

2022 BRITISH JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHY
 PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY - SHORTLIST HTTPS://WWW.1854.PHOTOGRAPHY/AWARDS/PORTRAIT-OF-HUMANITY/

 2022 SOLO SHOW - SALT REVISITED
 TE TĀIRAWHITI MUSEUM. NZ
HTTPS://TAIRAWHITIMUSEUM.ORG.NZ/ 

 2021 BRITISH JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHY - EDITION365 - WINNING CONTRIBUTOR
HTTPS://NEWART.CITY/SHOW/EDITION-365

 2021 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
 FINALIST: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
 HTTPS://IRISAWARDS.COM/2021-FINALISTS/

2021 SOLO SHOW
TE TAIRĀWHITI ARTS FESTIVAL
 HTTPS://TETAIRAWHITIARTSFESTIVAL.NZ/

2021 AUCKLAND FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
 HTTPS://WWW.PHOTOGRAPHYFESTIVAL.ORG.NZ/


2024 COLLECTION ADDITION - TE TĀIRAWHITI MUSEUM. NZ
HTTPS://TAIRAWHITIMUSEUM.ORG.NZ/ 

2022 BRITISH JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY - SHORTLIST HTTPS://WWW.1854.PHOTOGRAPHY/AWARDS/PORTRAIT-OF-HUMANITY/

 2022 SOLO SHOW - SALT REVISITED - TE TĀIRAWHITI MUSEUM. NZ
HTTPS://TAIRAWHITIMUSEUM.ORG.NZ/ 

 2021 BRITISH JOURNAL PHOTOGRAPHY - EDITION365 - WINNING CONTRIBUTOR
HTTPS://NEWART.CITY/SHOW/EDITION-365

 2021 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY - FINALIST - PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
 HTTPS://IRISAWARDS.COM/2021-FINALISTS/

2021 SOLO SHOW - TE TAIRĀWHITI ARTS FESTIVAL
 HTTPS://TETAIRAWHITIARTSFESTIVAL.NZ/

2021 AUCKLAND FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
 HTTPS://WWW.PHOTOGRAPHYFESTIVAL.ORG.NZ/