Nonhuman Persons: a Photographic Love for Aotearoa’s Natural Environment

Date
2018
Authors
Athena, Chervelle
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Amundsen, Fiona
Jansen, Dieneke
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Exegesis
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Master of Visual Arts
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Auckland University of Technology
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Nonhuman Persons: A Photographic Love for Aotearoa’s Natural Environment focuses on how photography and an intimate perception of spirituality can establish connections with the indigenous flora of Aotearoa. Through a photographic image’s ability to produce a sense of heightened self-awareness, this project explores how photography can be utilised to invoke a love and connection with the natural environment. This research takes the position that plants have a life force and questions how emotional and spiritual connections can be formed through photographs. This project asks how photographs can be used to establish a deeper reflective connection between humans and plants, thereby promoting a more caring and responsible relationship towards Aotearoa’s endangered whenua, especially when considering the looming extinction of kauri.

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Aotearoa , Photography , Nonhuman , Master of Visual Arts , Persons , Kauri , Spirituality , Indigenous flora , Whenua , Life force
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