A woman in a red top looking back towards the camera amongst pale dune grasses

AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALANDPHOTOGRAPHY · FILM · JOURNAL

THROUGH THE LENS

Painting with light.

The coast. The everyday. The moments worth keeping.

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A LITTLE ABOUT THIS SPACE

Light. Life.
A sense of place.

Photography, video and stories by Tāmati Norman. A collection of perspectives, from wide open coastlines to the details that make the everyday extraordinary.

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THE PORTFOLIO

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An overhead arrangement of roasted meats, vegetables, salad and sauces on a table

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01 / 12 photographs

Food

The art of the everyday.

Wind-sculpted sand dunes in warm light beneath a dramatic clouded sky

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02 / 13 photographs

Landscape

Where land meets sea.

A beach volleyball player diving forward to reach a yellow, blue and white ball, with spectators behind him

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03 / 17 photographs

Sports

Energy in a frame.

Amber Native Rituals Facial Cleanser bottle arranged diagonally among green citrus leaves, limes and lavender

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04 / 18 photographs

Product

A closer look at the details.

A woman in a red top looking back towards the camera amongst pale dune grasses

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05 / 17 photographs

People

Faces, connection and everyday moments.

Smiling bride holding white flowers through the window of a magenta vintage car

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06 / 13 photographs

Wedding

The joy, the details and the moments shared.

View from beside a red carved waka taua with a paddler, splashing water and a distant bridge

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07 / 7 photographs

Waka Taua

On the water. Moving together.

A smiling boy resting his chin on his hand at a wooden window, framed by a dark interior

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08 / 31 photographs

Papua New Guinea

Island life, people and the land that sustains them.

Soft evening light over a rocky coastline

BEYOND THE STILL FRAME

Some stories
need to move.

A space for video, new perspectives
and the moments between photographs.

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NOTES FROM BEHIND THE LENS

The journal.

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Every frame has a story.
This is where I’ll share them.

Thoughts, creative experiments and stories from behind the lens. New entries will appear here.