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Christchurch Photography Exhibition 26 August to 31 August 2019<\/h4>\n

A chance meeting!<\/h5>\n

Last year I did my first exhibition at the Art’s Centre of Christchurch. \u00a0It was a huge experience for me and very enjoyable. \u00a0While there a lady walked in named Heather and we started chatting. \u00a0Heather Milne was her name. \u00a0We thought we knew each other but we couldn’t place where we knew each other from. \u00a0We talked about art and other things for about half an hour. \u00a0She has a webpage called Heather Joy Photographs. \u00a0Check her out!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Heather Milne, the driving force behind the Christchurch Women’s Photography Collective, and an old colleague of mine. (photo courtesy of Janneth Gil)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Figured it out!<\/h5>\n

I went home and friended Heather on Facebook. \u00a0As I was looking through a few old photos of her, determined to find out where we had met each other, I saw a post where she mentioned the aquarium. \u00a0OH! \u00a0We had both worked in the Southern Encounter Aquarium which used to be in the Square in Christchurch. \u00a0I had only worked there about 6 weeks or something very short. \u00a0I was miserable there due to management putting me on ticket sales all day when I was meant to be a tour guide. \u00a0Heather stayed there longer than me. \u00a0There was a lovely bunch of people working there, but I just couldn’t stay. \u00a0That was 22 years ago! \u00a0Wow, what a long time ago!<\/p>\n

The Christchurch Women’s Photography Collective<\/h5>\n

So Heather and I kept in touch and Heather was talking about starting a women’s photography collective where we shared our work, no one was critical and it was a supportive environment. \u00a0She had had some bad experiences with male photographers in the past. \u00a0I had to say my experience was the opposite to her’s – where the male photographers around me had helped me immensely and been supportive. \u00a0Heather had not found this. \u00a0We met up at the Dux Dine on Riccarton Road one lovely evening and planned what was going to happen.<\/p>\n

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The Christchurch Women’s Photography Collective (photo courtesy of Janneth Gil)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Being Slack!<\/h5>\n

I often say that I’m slack. \u00a0Well I’m not really slack, I just have a lot on my plate. \u00a0Heather continued on with her idea and started arranging meetings and gathering members for the collective. \u00a0I was looking after children for a month with no husband (he was in Europe on a work trip) and couldn’t make it to two meetings which planned our exhibition in August. I felt a bit out of the loop.<\/p>\n

Another meeting missed.<\/h5>\n

I missed the final meeting just before the exhibition as well as I had children dancing and couldn’t make it in time. \u00a0By this time I felt like a right plonker. \u00a0The theme of the exhibition is connection. \u00a0We are all connected as women. \u00a0We are all connected as photographers. \u00a0Even though our work is different there is a connection there.<\/p>\n

The exhibition setup.<\/h5>\n

We set up our exhibition on a Sunday afternoon. \u00a0As usual I was pretty busy, but made the time to hang my work at 2pm. \u00a0I met some of the members, finally. \u00a0I was trying to remember names and what they did. \u00a0It was a challenge for me.<\/p>\n

After a bit of discussion I was given a wall where I could velcro my images to. \u00a0Maia my daughter helped me arrange them. \u00a0They were all images I had entered in the Iris awards over the past two years. \u00a0Mainly double exposures, but also two reflections. I called the collection “Double Trouble”<\/p>\n

Maia knows to not have everything exactly aligned. \u00a0She is going to be a designer one day I think.<\/p>\n

I was done in a very short time and then I took the children up the gondola and ran down the Bridle Path. \u00a0A fun day!<\/p>\n

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The opening night<\/h5>\n

The opening night was last Monday 26 August at Christchurch Exchange (XCHC) on Wilsons Road, Waltham. \u00a0It is running until Saturday when I’ll have to go and pick up my work again. \u00a0Not sure what time that is happening. \u00a0There was food and you could buy drinks from the cafe. \u00a0I met lots of new people including the other photographers. \u00a0It was a warm and sharing environment and a wonderful experience, even though I was late to the party. \u00a0Everyone already knew each other and I was one of the mysterious people who had never showed their face! \u00a0Here are some photos to show what it was like!<\/p>\n

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(photo courtesy of Janneth Gil)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Flowers and a thank you!<\/h5>\n

Heather had put in a lot of work, along with other members including Lauren Dixon who did the graphic design. \u00a0Stephanie had made a huge bunch of greenery which was just gorgeous. \u00a0There are not many flowers around this time of year. \u00a0I had some winter roses in the garden and added them to the bunch. \u00a0We said thank you to Heather and I was on my way home after that. \u00a0I hope people actually go and visit our exhibition. \u00a0It really is very interesting and shows our personalities, ideas and aesthetics. (last four photos courtesy of Janneth Gil)<\/a><\/p>\n

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