‘Māhina'
‘The pale stars were sliding into their places. The whispering of the leaves was almost hushed. All about them it was still and shadowy and sweet. It was that wonderful moment when, for lack of a visible horizon, the not yet darkened world seems infinitely greater—a moment when anything can happen, anything be believed in.’― Olivia Howard Dunbar, The Shell of Sense
All these images have taken within this very short time period of dusk, in Wellington, around the narrow paths and walkways and the gardens, The Botanical Gardens and Wilton Bush. These are spaces that we walk through often to and from work, or to relax, play in, they are often spaces we revisit to connect ourselves to the environment externally and internally.
They form a collective visual touchstone, a time, a season, a smell, a memory, a story, supernatural, magical. We need these spaces to be part of something bigger than ourselves, to be part of nature, time, wonder and beauty.
‘Māhina’ is a series of Zines. 28.5 x 18.5cm, 28 pages, soft cover, Printed on Semi-matt paper via laser printer.
Green, Pink, Red, Blue, Purple, Emerald, Yellow and Olive
Pink and Green have been published by Photoforum, they have been sold out.
Red, Blue, Purple, Emerald, Yellow and Olive can be purchased please contact me directly $20 each
Between Perfection & Beauty
By Jane Wilcox
Jane Wilcox explores the interior world of young dancers. Photographed in the corridor just before they are called on stage to participate in one of Australasia’s biggest dance competitions, This Series of portraits visualises the internalised, yet palpable, emotions of these dancers.
FIRST EDITION OF 25, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
HARD COVER WITH SCREEN PRINTED BLUE LINEN
72 PAGES
350 X 230 MM
PRINTED AND HAND-BOUND IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
HARD COVER WITH SCREEN PRINTED BLUE LINEN
72 PAGES
350 X 230 MM
PRINTED AND HAND-BOUND IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
Published and Sold Through Bad News Books
http://www.badnewsbooks.com/new-books/between-perfection-amp-beauty-jane-wilcox
BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF - JANE WILCOX
Between Dog and Wolf
by Jane Wilcox
The images were taken in various tree-bound landscapes in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. "In Wilcox’s work we’re not looking at the landscape, we’re within it, looking up and out to the tree-framed sky. This is a liberating creative space for the viewer, familiar from childhood. Wilcox’s images are distinctive for her unabashed use of on camera flash. What usually denotes the marketed fiction of fashion and fairy tale here sees light bounce off the underside of leaves, emphasising how the world of make-believe operates around us, with the darkness beyond.” - Mark Amery.
Between Dog and Wolf revels in Wellington’s trees and plant-life in the liminal time of twilight. Wilcox’s deft handling of light and perspective within the landscape forces the reader to question whose eyes we are looking through and makes stark the magic of myth that is hinted at in the title
Aotearoa Photobook Award 2022 Highly Commended
Judges comments: From start to finish, Between Dog and Wolf is a beautifully realised book and the type of publication that keeps drawing you back for another look. The moment of transformation captured in the title is indicative of the work as a whole. Caroline McQuarrie’s essay is elliptical, connecting with the images and adding depth. The final object is focused and complete.
$65
148 pages
220 x 155mm
Text by Caroline McQuarrie
hardcover with screen printed linen cover
Edition of 50
Published and Sold Through Bad News Books
http://www.badnewsbooks.com/new-books/between-dog-and-wolf-jane-wilcox
