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Our Place. Our Climate. Our World:
Through the Eye of the Lens – Wānaka

Sixteen young Wānaka students from Mt Aspiring College explored climate change through the lens of a camera. They workshopped climate issues with leading climate scientist Dr Tim Naish then spent a week with award winning photographers: Auckland-based Raymond Sagapolutele and Wanaka-local Camilla Rutherford.

THROUGH THE EYE OF THE LENS – WĀNAKA

12-18 April 2021

IN COLLABORATION WITH:

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Exhibition

Be inspired by the photographs taken and curated by the young artists and photographers, expressing their views about climate change.

Watch this space for the exciting exhibition by Wānaka students and artists in early April 2021!

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View festival programme (p.29)

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Exploring climate science

The young artists and their families took part in an interactive workshop called, ‘Ice, Balloons and Zero Carbon: Climate Science Talk’ led by expert Earth Systems and Climate Scientist, Dr Tim Naish.

Afterwards they met artists Raymond Sagapolutele and Camilla Rutherford and learned about photography and were encouraged to think about how the changing climate is affecting the world they live in.

  • Dr Tim Naish, expert Climate Scientist, demonstrates expected sea level rise triggered by climate change with Wānaka students. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students and families workshopped climate issues with an expert scientist. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Climate science experiments with Wānaka students and Sarah Meads, Track Zero Founder. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Climate science experiments with Wānaka students and Dr Tim Naish, expert Climate Scientist. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students and families workshopped climate issues before spending a week with top photographers. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Dr Tim Naish, expert Climate Scientist, demonstrates ocean heating triggered by climate change. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students and families workshopped climate issues and storytelling through a camera with Raymond Sagapolutele, professional Photographer. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students and families taking part in the ‘Ice, Balloons and Zero Carbon: Climate Science Talk’. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

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Climate Science Facts

Stop fossil fuels = Stop adding greenhouse gas

As soon as we stop burning fossil fuels and stop adding greenhouse gas to the air, we stop global warming.

Stop warming now

The sooner we stop the warming, the less damage there will be, to us and to all ecosystems.

Atmosphere

The atmosphere has more greenhouse gas in it today than it has had for 3 million years.

Half of CO2

Half of all the carbon dioxide humanity has added to the air has been put there since 1990.

2°C warming

At 2°C warming, the Great Barrier Reef and all tropical coral reefs worldwide, will be dead. At 1.5°C warming, we may save 20% of the tropical corals.

More than 2°C warming

More than 2°C warming will lock in 5-10 metres of sea level rise over coming centuries

Every bit counts

Every 1/10th of a degree of warming adds to the number of extreme heatwaves, floods and droughts. We can make a difference by reducing greenhouse gas – every bit counts.

Central Otago warming faster average

Central Otago is warming faster than the national average  – leading to increasing drought and fire danger

Photographic Workshop

Good storytelling can change minds. The power of a photograph lies not in the way that it represents reality, but in the way it engages our imagination and involves us in the story that unfolds in the image. Award winning photographers, Auckland-based Raymond Sagapolutele and Wanaka-local Camilla Rutherford, shared their creative expertise and taught the young Wānaka students how to use their cameras to become their own storytellers.

Read about the workshop in the Mt Aspiring College magazine.

The Watcher

Background image used above – USGS – Earth as Art series 6. ‘The Watcher’

Raymond Sagapolutele

Raymond Sagapolutele

Award winning Aotearoa-born Sāmoan artist, Raymond Sagapolutele says the camera has become a vital part of his ability to reconnect with cultural ties to Pacific history, the land and ocean. Speaking through images gives his visual language a voice – the method that forms his oratory and connects to the Samoan tradition of Fagogo (storytelling).

Camilla Rutherford

Camilla Rutherford

Scottish-born photographer Camilla Rutherford has traveled the world shooting adventure sports, lifestyle and commercial photography, gaining a reputation as a world-class snow photographer. Camilla is incredibly passionate about New Zealand’s unique and diverse landscapes.

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  • Group of young students taking part in ‘Through the Eye of the Lens – Wānaka’. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students workshopped storytelling using a camera with expert photographers, Camilla Rutherford (pictured) and Raymond Sagapolutele. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

    Wānaka student in front of group in workshop
  • Wānaka students learning to use a camera with expert photographers. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students workshopped camera skills in different light with expert photographers. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students workshopped telling stories using a camera with expert photographers, Camilla Rutherford (pictured) and Raymond Sagapolutele. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students shared their learning during the photographic workshop. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

  • Wānaka students practiced camera skills in their local environment with expert photographers, Camilla Rutherford (pictured) and Raymond Sagapolutele. Image credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

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Outdoor Photographic Exhibition

‘Through the Eye of the Lens – Wānaka’ photographic exhibition will be launched at the official Opening Ceremony of Festival of Colour 2021 on 11 April. Located outdoors in close proximity to Wānaka lake front, the exhibition will run during the Festival from 12-18 April.

Watch this space as we reveal the exhibition!

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