ABOUT
I’m an art photographer living in the countryside in New Zealand. I love to photograph cows, sheep, chickens, geese and goats - in no way glamorous subjects for a photographer. I shoot my work out in the field, I don’t like studios, flashes or lighting, but I love to capture the light from the sun on the most mundane of subjects and reveal a depth that was otherwise unnoticed.
I’m an art photographer living in the countryside in New Zealand. I love to photograph cows, sheep, chickens, geese and goats - in no way glamorous subjects for a photographer. I shoot my work out in the field, I don’t like studios, flashes or lighting, but I love to capture the light from the sun on the most mundane of subjects and reveal a depth that was otherwise unnoticed.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/FEATURES
Italian Vogue Online
National Geographic online feature artist
Internazionale cover
Professional Photographer feature artist
Aesthetica feature artist
Homestyle New Zealand feature artist
Photos Masterclass
Frankie Magazine feature artist
Arty feature artist
Zoom magazine
Italian Vogue Online
National Geographic online feature artist
Internazionale cover
Professional Photographer feature artist
Aesthetica feature artist
Homestyle New Zealand feature artist
Photos Masterclass
Frankie Magazine feature artist
Arty feature artist
Zoom magazine
THOUGHTS ON ORDINARY THINGS
Taking an idealistic view of the world, Cally Whitham records the ordinary, transforming it into a surreal image, reflecting the way things are perceived and altered through nostalgia and memory. Driven by a desire to remember, Whitham uses her camera to collect images, which allows her to preserve her surroundings forever.
Taking an idealistic view of the world, Cally Whitham records the ordinary, transforming it into a surreal image, reflecting the way things are perceived and altered through nostalgia and memory. Driven by a desire to remember, Whitham uses her camera to collect images, which allows her to preserve her surroundings forever.
At the age of 11, she spent Christmas using her first roll of film shooting her favourite things, including her aunt's farm, an old house she wanted to live in and a big tree at the beach. As an adult she returns to similar subjects recaptured in shadows of times past.
Based in New Zealand, Whitham finds the subtle, forgotten and overlooked in these locations, which are touched with beauty through their ordinariness and familiarity. Layering her photographs with emotion, the works explore the ways in which personal milieus are captured.
Aesthetica Magazine, January 2014