Julian Ward Photographs

2010-11-27T11:46:00.001-08:00

New BLOG SITE

2010-10-28T20:36:00.001-07:00

My Blog continues on my Web Site

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http://www.julianward.co.nz/

from now on

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Two New Portraits Today

2010-10-27T03:19:00.001-07:00

Click on images for larger viewAlan Knowles Photographer

Andrew Ross Photographer

Folk Musicians

2010-10-24T20:39:00.000-07:00

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Just returned from a festival of people who play and sing the folk music of the world.

Willis St and Flowers

2010-10-20T22:21:00.001-07:00

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See my new web site www.julianward.co.nz

Willis St

2010-10-17T00:32:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger viewVisit my new web site http://www.julianward.co.nz/ for more work.

Katy

2010-10-14T01:01:00.000-07:00

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Two Boys

2010-10-12T23:04:00.000-07:00

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Willis St

2010-10-11T21:38:00.001-07:00

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I'm re-building my web site. Learning how to do it for myself so I can keep it up to date. http://www.julianward.co.nz/ Let me know what you think of it.

Titahi Bay Boatsheds

2010-10-09T22:46:00.001-07:00

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Cuba Mall

2010-10-08T02:21:00.000-07:00

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State

2010-10-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

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Ice cream

2010-10-02T05:01:00.000-07:00

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Willis St

2010-09-29T23:34:00.001-07:00

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Manners Street

2010-09-28T03:09:00.000-07:00

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Road works for ever. GO a little faster.

New Photograph Today

2010-09-26T20:48:00.001-07:00

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At the coal face today and this picture popped up in front of me. I think it will be a keeper.

Exhibition

2010-09-24T16:31:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger viewMy exhibition starts next Friday. Photographs taken in Rajasthan last Feb and March.

K Road

2010-09-24T16:27:00.001-07:00

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Auckland Weekend

2010-09-22T13:46:00.000-07:00

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Auckland Evening

2010-09-21T03:59:00.000-07:00

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Inglewood

2010-09-19T03:59:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewInglewood in Taranaki made a few weeks ago. The Taranaki light is magical after the rain.

Horse

2010-09-16T03:09:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger view In Featherston today.

Man Stretching

2010-09-15T04:33:00.000-07:00

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New Dog

2010-09-15T04:27:00.000-07:00

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Bruce

2010-09-15T04:08:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger viewBruce Foster is a photographer with a quirky eye. I used to enjoy his work and have his book Last Saturday. I met him today by accident in Courteney Place and took just one frame. The picture was very overexposed but I think the grain holds it together.

Richard

2010-09-11T18:23:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger view New portrait of photographer and good friend Richard Clark. It was taken in the Plum cafe where we sometimes meet. See his link on the right.

Hunting Mode

2010-09-11T17:54:00.001-07:00

Click on images for larger view I'm in a hunting mood lately and roaming the streets for many hours a day. I love the shapes and quirky moments. My camera has been running hot.

This Afternoon

2010-09-08T21:10:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger view Willis St this afternoon. The portrait above is Michael and I'll give him a print next week.

Waterfront

2010-09-07T21:56:00.000-07:00

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Waterfront

2010-09-05T02:47:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger viewToday is cold and windy in Wellington. The ferry is slipping sideways (port).

Waterfront

2010-09-05T02:35:00.001-07:00

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Yesterday was a beautiful day to be on the waterfront.

Japan Festival

2010-09-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

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Council Flats

2010-08-31T04:27:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger view Just around the corner from our apartment in Cuba St.

New Street

2010-08-28T02:34:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger view The little boy leads the women in his chariot.

Two new pictures today. Not sure what's going on but it's interesting.

Ans

2010-08-25T04:12:00.001-07:00

Click in image for larger view The doll tree at her gate

Spent the day with my old friend Ans Westra. This is a new portrait. I'll try and find some earlier ones to show as well.

Lyall Bay Beach

2010-08-22T03:48:00.000-07:00

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New Street

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New Street

2010-08-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

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New Street

2010-08-18T14:29:00.001-07:00

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Street Corners today

2010-08-13T23:21:00.000-07:00

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These are new photographs from some of my favourite hiding spots in the city. The running girl below was while having a coffee at Ernestos (corner of Guznee and Cuba St) this afternoon. A great place for a steak.

Rarotonga 7

2010-08-11T01:36:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger viewWillow in her father's arms.

Sunny in his brother's arms.

Rarotonga 6

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Click on image for larger viewWillow sleeping with her brother

Willow in her brother's arms 3

Wet Taranaki

2010-08-05T14:43:00.001-07:00

New Plymouth Again

2010-08-01T20:29:00.001-07:00

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Spending time with my friend David Fairey. The light has been beautiful and the landscapes plentiful. You can see Dave's work on the links

Patea Again

2010-08-01T20:14:00.001-07:00

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Back in Patea on my way to New Plymouth. Check my 0ther Patea blog below (August last year). Which means my blog has been going one year.

Rarotonga 5

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Rarotonga 4

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Rarotonga 3

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Click on image for larger viewWhat a paradise in the sun. Wellington is cold and miserable.

Cuba St this morning

2010-07-23T17:26:00.001-07:00

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Willis St Again

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Selenium Toning

2010-07-20T20:35:00.000-07:00

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Two photographs of Courteney Place today and I decided to experiment with selenium toning. I used to do it 20 years ago and enjoy the effect. The top photo has some edge burn which is an accident, but still looks nice.

Rarotonga 3

2010-07-18T01:12:00.000-07:00

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Lake Ferry

2010-07-18T01:03:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewOn the Wairarapa coast.

Waterfront

2010-07-15T14:57:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewI spent hours yesterday positioning all these people for a classic Wellington view.

Willis St

2010-07-14T16:25:00.000-07:00

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With a Leica range finder camera one has to find straight lines to focus on.

Rarotonga 3

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Rarotonga 2

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Click on image for larger viewWillow in the arms of her grand mother.

Rarotonga 01

2010-07-06T02:31:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewI was in Rarotonga about three years ago and I'm just looking at the photographs now. This is a strange dog out of scale with the background. The more I look at it the more I like it. It's almost like a pasted on dog.

Stone carving. I like the way it is camouflaged in black and white.

Bucket Fountain

2010-07-03T00:48:00.000-07:00

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Cuba Mall today.

Makara 03

2010-06-30T04:12:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewAs mentioned below the forest of Makara and the cycle of light. One day I want to do a book of Makara photographs. I am very lucky to live close by.

Makara 02

2010-06-28T19:02:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewThe photograph above taken in 2003 and below yesterday. Not sure if I like the colour.

Makara has been magical lately with the rainy soft light. It takes time to develop a sense of place and Makera has a cycle of light which I've watched for years. It will rain for three days and the tree bark (in the forest at the tops) turns black. Then the mist comes in about 3pm when the sun is low in the west. The trees and hills becomes contrasty with back light and the magical photographs leap out. I'll find some early forest photos to show what I meen.

Makara on a Grey Day

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Mrs Walker

2010-06-22T03:42:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewFrom my first book Face Value 1993 is Mrs Walker New Plymouth 1973

On the south coast of the Wairarapa is White Rock with its rock formations.

Strange Signs Dept

2010-06-19T00:28:00.000-07:00

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The Hunter

2010-06-15T02:56:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewThe Hunter in Cuba Mall today.

Same Lens

2010-06-12T17:07:00.000-07:00

Click on images for larger view The photo above was taken in Auckland in the mid 1970s. The one below in Wellington yesterday

And the same with these two photographs.

It is interesting that as technology marches on I still work with the same camera and lens. My 35mm Leica Summicron has travelled with me for almost 40 years.

Wellingtonia 02

2010-06-09T04:18:00.000-07:00

Click on images for larger viewThe second collection of photographs from my 2006 book Wellingtonia.

Haka

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Click on image for larger viewNew Plymouth Boys High School.

Yellow Lines

2010-06-07T02:34:00.000-07:00

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New Plymouth water front.

India 45

2010-05-31T01:39:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger viewThrowing confetti over a brass band in Bundi.

Just finished editing my India pictures and I'm thinking about a book again. My last book was in 2006.

India 44

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Temple gathering.

India 43

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Three street portraits of Indian women in Jodphur, Rajasthan. These are finished prints.

Nelson Airport

2010-05-24T10:23:00.001-07:00

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Man on bike

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India 42

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Passing buses in Delhi with the sun setting behind.

India 41

2010-05-20T03:04:00.000-07:00

Click on images for larger viewSome of the last photographs I made before leaving India. Above is the river we got to know so well beside the Tibetan colony.

Workers in Sikh quarter near the colony.

Above are children in the Sikh dwellings. Below are two shoe shine boys who worked just outside our hotel.

Over Petone

2010-05-17T03:33:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewLanding in Wellington this evening.

Nelson

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After days of heavy rain in Nelson the light was very dramatic today.

India 40

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India 39

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Click on image for larger viewThree more finished landscapes. I'm really enjoying these photographs.
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The dogs in Rajasthan tended to be wild and living peacefully amongst people. They scavenge and hunt smaller animals such as piglets (also wild) in the streets. They packed and howled in the night and slept during the day. I remember seeing of a pack feasting on a dead cow while children filed past in neat school uniforms.

We hired a driver and car for much of the journey. $60 a day (plus very generous tips) covered all cost including the car hire, driver's wages, accommodation, food, fuel and road taxes. We were able to stop anywhere and go to very remote places. One day we travelled for 10 hours and it cost us no more. The driver (Ramesh) was a lovely man and we have a friend for life.

India 38

2010-05-07T23:51:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger viewJust starting the mammoth job of post production of my India photographs. I only use the PhotoShop 6 digital tool as if I'm still in my wet darkroom. That is: Burning, dodging, spotting, cropping and contrast contrast. I keep my photographs pure and nothing else is modified. PhotoShop 6 (although nearly 10 years old) does all this perfectly.

I'm also amazed how good my old PC is and I hope it never fails. When it was new ( 9 years ago ) I purchased the best graphics card I could find (it doubled the price of the PC) and it is a joy to work with. For these three pictures I spent about 30 min on each, and I hope it shows.

Ghost Boat

2010-05-05T02:34:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewI have a boat shed at Clyde Quay and often sit there in the sun. Today I saw this ghost boat pass by. This picture is straight out of the camera with no special effects or Photoshop.

Cuba Street Diners

2010-05-03T04:03:00.001-07:00

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Clyde Quay Swimmers

2010-05-03T03:58:00.000-07:00

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Dick Smith's Sale

2010-05-03T03:52:00.001-07:00

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Gulls

2010-04-30T21:34:00.000-07:00

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Featherston

2010-04-28T03:20:00.001-07:00

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Two new photographs from Featherston today.

Wellingtonia 01

2010-04-27T00:17:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewI have been asked to show more from my Wellingtonia book. These are a selection of Makara pictures which appeared in the book. Makara is a rustic community on the south coast of Wellington. I have thousands of images of Makara because it is a wet brooding place, like the West Coast, which I love.

Flying People

2010-04-24T00:56:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewIn Manners Mall today and out of the sky dropped another flying lady. Flying and marching seems to be a recurring theme of mine. See my Flying Indian (August 20th) below.

These two were made in Cuba Mall many years ago.

Both these bottom photographs appear in my 2006 book Wellingtonia. The word Wellingtonia comes from the name of an exhibition I had in the Museum of City and Sea. The word was part of their theme at the time. Now I find it corny and I wish I could rub the 'ia' off each book. Ahhh well.

The book is still for sale. See my web site for details.

Willis St Today

2010-04-21T14:48:00.000-07:00

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More Dogs

2010-04-19T02:46:00.001-07:00

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In my travels I see lots of dogs.

Girl with flowers

2010-04-16T05:36:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewBack in Cuba St this evening after a long break away.

On The Bus

2010-04-14T03:03:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewTacky upholstery on the bus this morning.

Heavensgate

2010-04-13T03:09:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewWay back in 1985 I made a spoof documentary (with drama school students) about the then new gated communities in Havelock North. We called it Heavensgate after the recent mass suicides of the American Applewhite cult. In the film God changed his mind and sent them to Kingsgate (instead of Heavensgate). I visited Kingsgate the other day and it hasn't changed.

Public Loos Napier

2010-04-12T04:19:00.000-07:00

Click on image for larger viewA lady was inside as I composed this photograph. She glared at me as she walked out and I think she was going to call the cops.

Havelock North

2010-04-11T03:06:00.001-07:00

Click on image for larger view A week spent teaching documentary film making at the National Youth Drama School. I normally hate teaching but this school is different.

India 37

2010-04-08T21:50:00.000-07:00

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As mentioned in a blog below (India 6) there are many similarities to early American street scenes in India. I remember the Walker Evans photographs of American towns during the 1930's depression. These photographs were made only three weeks ago.

India 36

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India 35

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Click on image for larger viewEven in the most remote places smartly dressed young men popped up amongst the grime and dirt.

India 33

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