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Canon EYECON Mentor 2013

I’m honoured to have been asked by Canon to be a 2013 EYECON Mentor.  This involves judging the Canon Photography and Filmmaking Competition especially for NZ’s emerging photographers and filmmaker...

Warwick Brown Talking About Imperfect

Just out in the latest NZ House & Garden magazine   – Warwick Brown talking about my Imperfect series ….  

A Fantastic New Gallery in Matakana

After months of hard labour the day has finally arrived for The Vivian to open its doors to the public.  The weather performed, the crowds came and the work was a wonderful eclectic mix.   Go visi...

Imperfect in Nelson

Off to Nelson next week for my opening of Imperfect in Nelson at  the Red Gallery   … looking forward to spending some time down there!     Check out a very kind review by the Nelson Mail (see belo...

Fab Darling Opening

                                A wonderful poignant joyous evening filled with fabulous people.   Music, art, conversation and a cabaret number from the outrageous Lilith (aka Gareth F...

Good Magazine – Creating a Home with Soul

          Emma features in an article for Good Magazine #24   You can spend tens of thousands of dollars creating the perfect-looking house, but will it make you happy?     Sarah Heeringa conside...

The Japanese Art of Kintsugi

Each of my two children shattered a ceramic vessel during my photographic project Imperfect  … my  initial heartbreak has now been turned into a new beautiful creative realization with the art of k...

David Lyndon Brown writes about Imperfect

I am honoured to have another perspective of my work from David Lyndon Brown.   David Lyndon Brown is the current Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellow writer in residence.  He studied at Elam School of...

Imperfect Opening - May 2012

Emma Bass in Viva magazine

Photographer Emma Bass celebrates life and all its wonderful imperfections -  see the original article in the NZ Herald HERE  'The wabi-sabi ethos to find beauty in reality can be applied to our w...