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Helen Mitchell, Photographer

7.30pm, Thursday, 27 October 2011
Tararua Tramping Club, Moncrieff St, Mt Victoria

The selector for our annual exhibition, Helen Mitchell, will talk about her own photographic work.

Initially examining the discursive relationships between nature and culture within the context of world heritage sites, such as Tongariro National Park, her early work engaged with issues around conservation and the commodification of the landscape. More recent landscape projects focus on the contrivance to establish a sense of human presence, either fleetingly or permanently within the contexts of high-altitude environments.

Helen’s current research practice in photography focuses on documenting the ‘tattoo renaissance’ within contemporary New Zealand society. Her images engage with questions around the construction of personal identity and cultural exchange.