Taupō Museum is calling on young people across the rohe to photograph the everyday things they love about their neighbourhood.
Whether that’s the people, the places, special landmarks, shopping centres, playgrounds or works of art, the competition is to celebrate the Jellicoe and Bledisloe exhibition by photographer David Cook. Entries will be printed and displayed at the museum alongside the exhibit.
The competition will be split into three age categories (primary school students - Years 1 to 6; intermediate students – Years 7 & 8, and high school/college students – Years 9 to 13) with prizes up for grabs for the winners in each group. Student entries will be accepted from 18 August to 21 September. Finalists will be judged by photographer David Cook and the museum curatorial staff, with the winners being announced on 3 October.
When Mr Cook moved into Hamilton East, he was drawn to the colourful, creative and chaotic lives of his neighbours. With camera in hand, he explored back-yard mechanics to Sunday roasts, inventing an intimate documentary of a state housing suburb in the 90s, moments before gentrification set in.
Exhibitions curator Kerence Stephen says she would love to see kids and young people take inspiration from Mr Cook’s work.
“His photographs show a slice of life from that era. I’d love to see our local neighbourhoods through the eyes, and lenses of our young people.”
These photographs need to be credited (David Cook, Ginger’s Place) and must NOT be cropped or edited