Porpoise Bay, is home to the endemic Hector’s dolphin. Southern right whales are occasionally observed offshore, as on numerous parts of the country’s coast. Located near the southernmost point of the South Island, Porpoise Bay and Curio Bay is one of the major attractions in the Catlins, attracting around 100,000 visitors per year.
It was hailing on this day, I took home the Flu as well as the picture.
Takaka Golden Bay, New Zealand. Print signed by John Maillard on 17x22inch etching paper, with a handling edge.
Golden Bay / Mohua is a shallow, paraboloid shaped bay at the northwest end of New Zealand’s South Island. An arm of the Tasman Sea, the bay lies northwest of Tasman Bay and Cook Strait. It is protected in the north by Farewell Spit, a 26 km long arm of fine golden sand which is the country’s longest sandspit. The Aorere and Takaka Rivers flow into the bay from the south.
Every year we take our family and camp by the sea for two weeks and dream of simple times.
Lake Te Anau is in the southwestern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The lake covers an area of 344 km², making it the second-largest lake by surface area in New Zealand (after Lake Taupo) and the largest in the South Island. It is the largest lake in Australasia by fresh water volume.
We stayed here in a cabin before walking the Milford track.
This beach is next to the Paparoa National Park, west coast, New Zealand. I was staying in the Eco hotel here, which is on the beach, as the sun went down I couldn’t resist climbing on the rocks and take pictures just before it got dark.
Paparoa National Park is on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was established in 1987 and encompasses 306 km2. The park ranges from on or near the coastline to the peak of the Paparoa Ranges. A separate section of the park lies to the north and is centered at Ananui Creek.
The Chamber Gallery 141 Percival Street, Rangiora, New Zealand
New Zealand has a unique type of person who is not characterised by class, race, creed or financial status.
These people are from a variety of backgrounds that reflects a New Zealand ideal,
which sadly is rapidly being forgotten and ignored.
Not all of these people own a lifestyle block, not all of them own the land they stand on, but all have a connection with the land,
from subsistence farming to painters of the land.
These are people who have a connection with the Land irrespective of their background.
Normally very private hidden behind hedges and fences,
they have consented to being part of this project.
I sent out a letter posted by hand and on social media asking for people to
take part I this project, and have had a large number of replies. The following exhibition is part of this ongoing project.
In this project I have been met with old world warmth, that I thought was lost or forgotten since we all helped each other in the Earthquake.
I hope my portraits portray the hidden community that I have called Lifestylers.
The letter:
My name is John Maillard, I am a photographer, my specialty is landscape photography and community photography.
I have worked as a photographer around the world for more than 30 years in a variety of ways, from West Africa to the USA.
Part of my work is based around the rural landscape in my local area; I am always out photographing in the hills and coast around this area.
I have also been photographing the rural landscape.
While engaged in this project I have come to realise that the rural landscape is protected and looked after by those who live in it.
I have collaborated in three books about the rural landscape and community halls of New Zealand, my work has been widely exhibited.
This year I would like to make a series of photographs that document the local people who live, work in, and look after our rural communities.
To this end I would like to make an environmental portrait of you and your family for an exhibition in August. If you are willing for me to take your portrait for this project
I will give you a print free of charge on 17 x 22 inch archival paper.
Please text, email or phone me if you would like to be part of this project.