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This New Zealand Photographer Captures the Quiet Oddness of the Everyday

This New Zealand Photographer Captures the Quiet Oddness of the Everyday

Essay by Tess McClure

Photos by Meg Porteous

Published in VICE

20 July 2017

New Zealand photographer Meg Porteous's gentle, offbeat images take ordinary scenes and bring them sharply into focus, elevating the everyday.

Her latest work, which she's exhibiting as 'Departure Melody,' was created during an artist residency in Japan. Porteous says while she'd often begin the day with plans for photographs, the most successful photos she ended up taking were accidental moments and chance encounters.

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See Meg Porteous’ work at Parlour Projects