Wharariki

The Wharariki open edition comprises gnarled, wind-shaped Pohutukawa trees at one of New Zealand's most remote corners. Wharariki is quite a magical place at the far end of Golden Bay, South Island.

Decades of relentless wind off the Tasman Sea have bowed these trees low, sculpting their canopies into what look like frozen sails.

Wharariki holds a deep meaning for me, definitely one of the most beautiful places I have ever known. Its rugged beauty keeps drawing me back.

At high tide the ocean turns powerful and unforgiving, at low tide it pulls back to reveal a beach that stretches on and on. Some corners are only reachable by scrambling over and through holes in rocks or pushing through the bush, worth every scratch, not least for the seal pup colonies that call this place home.

The whole area is quite breathtaking, and the trip there is part of the adventure. Tracks wind through the hills and forest, past a huge sand dune, the Archway Islands rising from the sea, high cliffs along the coastline, the trees pressing right up to the ground.

Printed in DIN A3 (42 x 29.7 cm, white border 4 cm) on Hahnemühle Photo Rag archival paper.

Each print has a Certificate of Authenticity.

Supplied unframed.