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A photography group called The Monday Afternoon Photographers, will be displaying images at Estuary Arts Centre, starting this week.
The group was started by a professional photographer and tutor, who gathered his students every Monday afternoon in different locations to take photos.
It is currently run by keen photographer Anne Thornton, and has around 13 members from Rodney, the Hibiscus Coast and North Shore – some, including Anne, also belong to the Hibiscus Coast Photographic Club.
All members are retired, so Anne has stuck with the original format – the group meet on Monday afternoons at a location she selects, which could be anything from Wenderholm Regional Park to Auckland zoo or a private garden.
A diverse range of images always eventuates, as members work in many different genres. The photos are loaded onto a website, so that members can enjoy, and critique, each other’s work.
The exhibition is on from January 31-February 25. Info: visit Estuary Arts Centre in Ōrewa, or see What’s On.
Inspired by nature Stillwater resident Martin Sanders always loved photographing nature, starting with images of snakes and toads in the UK where he grew up. He worked as a newspaper photographer in London in the 1950s, but when two national newspapers closed, he became a merchant seaman, eventually landing in NZ. His interest in photography has been a constant – he was a founding member of the Hibiscus Coast Photographic Club and guiding on Tiritiri Matangi resulted in his book A Visitor’s illustrated guide to Tiritiri Matangi with photos from his collection.
Floral perfection Janet Munnings says she enjoys the social aspect of the Monday Afternoon group and finds good material at the various locations they visit for her work. The Wainui resident is a gardener and currently she is creating photographs of flowers which are put together with great care and take around eight hours each to complete. The flora she collects are assembled, floated in a tray of water, with swirls of paint added for background texture, then photographed in natural light. She has been taking photos for around 17 years, is a photography judge, and also a member of the Hibiscus Coast Photographic Club.
