Elemental Forms
Geometry and Presence in the Raw Landscape
In this collection, the landscape reveals its most fundamental shapes—from the sharp triangular silhouette of a mountain peak to naturally occurring lines, angles, and contours. Each photograph highlights the land’s structural presence, celebrating the bold, graphic qualities found in nature’s raw form—where shape itself becomes the subject.
Pyramids of Lindis - Canterbury, NZ (2022)
The snow-covered, triangular-shaped peaks at Lindis Pass with the glowing tussock grass in the foreground.
Cone Division - Tongariro National Park, New Zealand (2022)
The volcanic cone of Mount Ngauruhoe rises with quiet power, its snow-streaked flanks etched in deep contrast against the twilight sky. Encircled by a ring of low-hanging cloud, the mountain appears momentarily divided — its base cloaked in shadow and mist, its summit glowing in the last light of day. A blaze of colour stretches across the sky, casting soft pinks, oranges, and lavender hues behind the peak. Captured during a fleeting sunset in Tongariro National Park, this image reveals the elemental tension between fire and ice, presence and obscurity — a portrait of one of Aotearoa’s most iconic mountains in a rare moment of stillness and drama.
The Power of Water - Fiordland, New Zealand (2022)
Stirling Falls in Milford Sound is surely one of the world’s most unique waterfalls. I’ve photographed the 155m free fall from the vertical cliffs above onto the ocean below a few times now and I continue to find the experience incredible. The boat that takes you there, gets so close for a few minutes that you can witness this amazing display of patterns at the base of the falls, spreading out from the crash zone towards you like shock waves.
This scene distills the landscape down to its raw essentials—rock, water, and motion—rendered as shape and force. The plunging waterfall, suspended in mist and momentum, becomes more than a scene; it becomes sculpture in motion. The dark, sheer rock faces provide a chiselled contrast to the textured surface of the water, while the falling cascade carves luminous forms into the frame—veils, curves, and striking diagonals. There is no clutter, no distraction—only the drama of form shaped by nature’s fundamental elements. This is the landscape reduced to its most graphic language: bold, dynamic, and elemental.
Lines in the Sand - Northland, NZ (2024)
As golden hour settles over the vast Te Paki dunes, light and shadow dance across the sculpted landscape, revealing a tapestry of curves, textures, and delicate ridgelines. The shifting sun casts long highlights and soft gradients, transforming the sand into a canvas of abstract forms and flowing patterns. In this fleeting light, the dunes become both grand and intimate — a place where the elemental meets the ephemeral.
Triplets - Fiordland, New Zealand (2022)
Taken somewhere on the Milford Road, this trio of snow-covered mountain peaks briefly showed themselves. The misty clouds add an ethereal quality to the scene, as they drift slowly by and wrap the mountain peaks in a blanket of white.
Green Tranquillity - Fiordland, New Zealand (2022)
A framed view into a tranquil beech forest with moss-covered trees.
It powerfully distills the forest into its most fundamental structures—bold shapes, flowing contours, and graphic presence. The moss-covered trunks and limbs curve and rise with sculptural clarity, forming an organic architecture that feels both ancient and intentional. Their forms dominate the frame not just as natural objects, but as shapes—massive vertical pillars within a reverse arch that create a rhythmic visual language. It exemplifies how the elemental aspects of landscape—shape, line, and mass—can speak on their own terms.
Hooker River and Mount Cook - Canterbury, New Zealand (2017)
The milky blue Hooker River winds down from the Hooker Glacier, one of several glaciers nestled near the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Its distinctive hue comes from glacial meltwater carrying finely ground rock—known as rock flour—which gives the river its soft, opaque blue colour.
As the river flows through a classic V-shaped valley, the unmistakable peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook rises in the distance, providing a striking geometric backdrop to this dynamic alpine landscape.
Wave at Ben Ohau - Canterbury, NZ (2022)
A moment of motion meets monumental stillness in Wave at Ben Ohau. The image captures a dynamic burst of water as it rushes over dark shoreline rocks, frozen in time through soft, silky textures. In the background, the imposing, triangular form of the Ben Ohau Range rises sharply from the lake’s edge, its ridged, snow-streaked flanks lit by angled evening light. The mountain’s bold, graphic symmetry creates a powerful visual anchor that contrasts with the flowing movement in the foreground.
Elevation - Mount Earnslaw, Otago (2022)
A high-flying bird soars in front of the mighty, 2,835 metres high East Peak of Mount Earnslaw.
Light Between the Shadows - Routeburn Track, Fiordland, NZ (2025)
A fleeting break in the weather near the Harris Saddle revealed the raw, rugged terrain of the surrounding mountains. Mist drifted through the peaks, lending the scene an ethereal, almost mythic quality.
Green Anchor - Hawke's Bay, NZ (2025)
The golden hues of the sunlit, triangular hills contrast with the cooler, misty shadows, generating a complementary interplay between warm and cool tones. The vibrant green of the illuminated tree anchors the composition and serves as a focal point, standing out against the subdued background while adding a sense of life and energy to the scene.
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