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Emily didn’t have a break through
moment, but realised that it was
something that was always there.
A clear example was her taking
all of the art papers possible, as
part of education degree. She
says “it really came through when
I took a photography paper at
Waikato and I ended up spending
all my time in the darkroom. I just
fell in love with the darkroom. At
that stage my son Emil would
have been maybe 2 and so he
was the first person that I really
started photographing and that
would have been the start for
me.”

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wanted to be an artist. Vea feels
like she has always wanted to be
an artist and confirms there was
a distinct moment for her. This
was when she was Form 1 and
she saw a John Constable print.
“I just fell in love with it. And
then I was like I just want to be
an artist, I want to paint like that.
And I know that was definitely the
moment.”

Both Emily and Vea are
conscious about the underlying
reason behind their work and
want to make sure they get
everything right. They confirm
that what they learnt at art school,
influences their work today
– particularly the aspect that
everything has to have context.
Vea: “when we have a job, we
can’t help but get emotionally
invested in it, so it becomes more
than just a job. We actually want
to make sure the context we do it
in is right and that it’s to the best
of our ability. We want to make

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