New Zealand Photos by Dan Hawthorn

I first met Clint when he was staring intently at a computer displaying a slide show of several hundred slides of mine, he didn't want to be interrupted, instant friendship! In addition to which I value his company and who he is. -Dan Hawthorne, photographer.

I am nearly sixty and I have been walking, boating, kayaking and wandering up and down New Zealand for my lifetime. The land and coast gives me a sense of joy, belonging and peace. Taking pictures of it is something I have recently returned to and the key to it is what you will not see, the almost meditative attention that comes as I look at the world with an eye to seeing what photographs are there. Most of what I shoot is deleted (and deservedly so) but the focused attention that went with shooting it is a deep reward in itself whatever the shot and the outcome. I also get a sense of pleased surprise and affirmation when people tell me they find pleasure in my work. I find New Zealand endlessly interesting and beautiful, as I get older there is a certain urgency, there is so much more of it I want to see.