Over fotografie, losse beelden en visuele verhalen. Van straatfotografie tot landschappen, met focus op verhaal en betekenis achter de beelden.

Craigieburn road, New Zealand, that is

Craigieburn road, New Zealand, fine art print by niek de greef

I am currently making fine art prints. This is Craigieburn Road in New Zealand, just past Arthur’s Pass.

Then you find out there is also a place with that unlikely name, Craigieburn, in Australia.

Factoid. The Interweb tells me that the name Craigieburn originates from Scotland. It combines two Scottish words: “craigie,” meaning rocky or craggy, and “burn,” meaning stream or creek. Scottish settlers most likely applied the names of the places in New Zealand and Australia.

Rotorua print

No shortage of color in New Zealand.

Murchison, New Zealand; printed, rephotographed

All those digital archives where jpegs lie, leaking their bits. Making real prints is a beautiful thing, after all.

(Then again, re-photographing the print for this digital world does detract from the quality and experience).

Murchison, New Zealand, is a small South Island town between Nelson and Greymouth.