Michael-D(new works)'s photostream

New works from Michael-D

Exhibitions:

The Guilt of a Disquiet Legacy: The Akaroa Series
Photographic Exhibition (Projection)
Pacio . spazio libero, Piacenza, Italy: March 23rd - 2007

A Sentence on Tyranny
Maranui Cafe, April 2006

I have had 10 years experience in commercial photographic printing, but as a photographer, am purely a 'sometimes-hobbyist', usually taking documentary photographs of architecture and urban scenes. I am interested in the grittiness and darkness that lies beneath the surface of everday life - you know, that stuff we miss in our marketer-driven quest for constant happiness.... Taken to its extreme, I try to capture the beauty that is inherent in that which lies beneath.

Most of the images in my older stream are the result of a two month back-packing trip around Europe in 2003. Much of this trip was spent travelling behind what was formerly the iron curtain. Others were taken in relation to my Master's thesis, which focused on the work of Wellington architect W H Alington. There are still more from the time I spent living in London, and a (very) few from holidays here, when I can be bothered to dust off my camera (NZ is much less inspiring to my eye than Europe!).

This stream contains only my most recent work, which I post soon after it is taken. I will continue to intermittently load older images to my previous stream.

I photograph with a Pentax K100d, and a range of vintage Pentax prime lenses.

I live in Wellington

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