In his famous poem ’New Zealand’, Kiwi poet James K Baxter says of his homeland;
These unshaped islands, on the sawyer’s bench,
Wait for the chisel of the mind.
And when setting foot in the county’s stunning South Island ’the chisel of the mind’ is instantly invigorated and stimulated with scenery and landscape that defies and inspires in equal measures.
Beauty lies in all facets. The sweeping vastness, the lush pastures, the crystal waters and rugged rock formations; all these elements combine in a textural playground of an epic scale that bewilders the mind and body alike.
This combined sense of texture is what inspired this 2019 photo essay. At every twist and turn between Queesntown and Lake Wanaka I shot medium format film and digital imagery of the different forms of textural beauty that lined our path.
