Rotorua

I have been visiting Rotorua

since I was a child.

In winters my parents

took us on trips to see it's

wonders. I can still smell

the mix of sulphur and

the leather seats of the

Jaguar.

A month or so ago I was there,

and as usual, captivated by

the personality of the city.

There is nowhere else like it in

New Zealand.

I photographed this fence 3 times,

it's taken me a while

but I've whittled my choice

down to this one.

I am very careful not to be disrespectful

when I photograph

which is why I chose this

particular fence. It has been

built for tourists to photograph.

But of course, somehow the photograph

is not about anything ethnic at all.

It is about the visual vibrations that the

patterns set up. The push and pull on the eyeball.