Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

Sarah Palmer

Outdoor exhibition

Gantry - Silo Park
Corner Beaumont St and Jellicoe St, Auckland

29 May - 22 June 2024

Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography

https://www.sarahpalmerphoto.com/

Auckland Festival of Photography is delighted to present Wish You Were Here as part of the featured NZ exclusive exhibitions in the 'Believe' suite of works for 2024.

Wish You Were Here, explores vacation culture amidst the climate crisis, and how it plays, often unconsciously, into what’s known as last-chance tourism. In exploring this topic, Sarah examines the absurdity that capitalist and colonialist structures (like tourism) imbue. These multiple exposures are created in-camera, with no manipulation in post-production. Palmer’s visual style serves to further solidify how the worlds of nature and tourism collide, and our deep and often messy fascination with things that won’t last.

Sarah says "the way I photograph is a bit different, as I use film and create multiple exposures in-camera with no manipulation in photoshop. I shoot by building layers of stories on the same piece of film, creating a strong sense of environment while weaving together contrasts and similarities in the subject matter I’m photographing".

Thanks to Eke Panuku Development Auckland. 

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