Ōuenuku

by Erana Arapere

Framed photograph on canvas.

430 × 600mm

This photograph is from a series that portrays women as phases of the moon. Ōuenuku explores portraiture and commemoration through tikanga Māori, considering the role of photography within customary ritual and contemporary Māori experience, including its placement and presence within wharetūpuna as sites of memory, whakapapa, and collective identity.