at the surface
What does life look like in the Pacific?
Join us for an adventure, from the earth-quaking Pacific Rim of Fire to the noodle packets and ghost nets awash the sandy shores of the Coral Sea. Meet the Tahitian President on his way to the United Nations and a young woman on her way to maturity, then get so close, you can almost smell the flowers at a seaside Hindi temple.
These are the beautiful and harrowing true stories of everyday life in the Pacific.
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In post-nuclear, post-colonial French Polynesia, President, Oscar Manutahi Temaru commits his life to fighting for independence. This photo documentary tells the story of his historic success from his Pacific Island home to the United Nations. VIEW
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This work is designed to introduce girls and women from the diverse Pacific region. To share a moment in time from their daily lives and help express what it is to be a woman of the Pacific in our time.
Environmental portraits are coupled with intimate text written by each female;
Her story, her voice. VIEW
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Life on Indonesia’s Pacific Rim of Fire is not always easy. But Indonesians make the most of their situation on their tropical islands and with great resilience, learn to
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 Australia joined in the rally in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement, heralded by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police in the USA.
In North Queensland, hundreds peacefully gathered to protest the disproportionate number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in police custody Australia-wide. VIEW -
Castaway is a studio editorial of found items awash the shores of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Debris and wildlife are photographed individually then presented en masse to show what mixture of organic and inorganic matter is currently in the Coral Sea. The unnatural objects highlight the strain humanity places on the health of the ocean, particularly the presence of plastics and ghost nets. VIEW
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Vanilla groves and shell hunting, grandmas and sand ovens, this is the simple life against the backdrop of an ancient paradise. VIEW
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Witness how different religions are practiced around the Pacific. From prayers to rituals; at monuments and at home; gods, prophets, spirits; this is the expression of belief. VIEW
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These are the faces of our own kind, faces that laugh and cry, belonging to the personalities that make mistakes and celebrate triumphs. These portraits are a simple record of the beauty that surrounds us every day, we need only seek to find. VIEW
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Take a sneak peek at our current projects before they publish! VIEW
