Tag Archives: New Zealand

Pictory: Just like heaven

A passing smile - Photographer: Garret Clarke

After weeks of traveling alone through Sri Lanka, I found myself on an old train high up in the Ceylon Mountains. This passing smile from a woman on another train encapsulated the unmistakable feeling of joy I had experienced during the previous weeks.

Pictorymag.com is a showcase for people around the world to document their lives and cultures. Anyone can submit one large, captioned image to each of Pictory’s editorial themes.

The current accidentally published theme ‘Just like heaven‘ looks into our happiest places, through the camera’s lens and mind’s eye.

Family farm - Photographer: Sam Coltart

My earliest memories all include lush grass, landscapes, and my father — the result of an idyllic childhood on a New Zealand farm.

Pictory (picture + story) is a project of Laura Brunow Miner who also designed and ran JPG Magazine.

Inspiration, Just like heaven, New Zealand, photo story, Photography, pictory, pictorymag, Smile, Sri Lanka

27 August 2
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Photography by Andrew (aka Cuba Gallery)

Under - Art, Inspiration, Nature, Photography

Andrew is one of New Zealand’s leading Graphic Designers, a career which has lead to his interest in photography. Based in Auckland the majority of Andrew’s work is done in New Zealand and Australia, however his love for photography has taken him to the USA, Japan, Europe and the Pacific Islands.

His work is heavily influenced by his design background in the graphic use of colour, light and composition.

View more of Andrew’s work here

Art, Auckland, Composition, Design, Geography, Graphic design, Graphics, Inspiration, Nature, New Zealand, Oceania, Photography, Visual arts

21 December Share your
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Going West

Under - Inspiration, Media, Motion Graphics

With well over 500,000 hits on YouTube this ad truly capturing imaginations. The video is visualization of an excerpt from the novel Going West by Maurice Gee. This excellent piece is produced by Colenso BBDO and animated by Line Andersen for the New Zealand Book Council whose mission is to inspire and promote reading in New Zealand.

Bringing Books and People Together
Like no other human activity reading opens up our imagination. It enables us to understand those around us. It allows us to project the future and reach back into the past. Reading can entertain, challenge and educate. We believe that reading can transform people’s lives.

Advertising, Animation, BBDO, Colenso, Computer graphics, Infographics, Maurice Gee, New Zealand, New Zealand Book Council, production, Short Film, Visualization

30 October Share your
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“Art for an insultingly low price”

Under - Advertising, Art, Design, Illustration, Inspiration, Media

For just $2.99, you can see the work of the world’s most brilliant and tortured artists.

Promoting Sky TV New Zealand’s Arts Channel, this print ad campaign highlighting tragic stories of some of the brilliant minds that were overlooked by luck in their times. Conceived and produced by DDB, these ads are quite visually engaging and informative.