About the curator
Tracey has been involved in Travel Photography for many years and operates a professional photography business from her Ohakune studio. Her love of photography started with her first SLR Canon AE1 camera which accompanied her on her many overseas trips, experiencing and capturing the history, culture, magnificent colour and beauty of nature’s landscapes, the generosity of local people and amazing wildlife.
She experienced her first sunset and sunrise aboard a fluka, sailing down the Nile River in Egypt Her photography ranges from the pure, vast, endless frozen lands of Norway, to the historic buildings and the picturesque countryside of Europe; the warm turquoise waters of the Mediterranean and Greek Islands; the forgotten civilisation of the Incas of South Americas; to the wild and vast continent of Africa and all its special secrets; modern America; the sensual beauty of Canada and its spiritual Indian people, and the Arctic; India and all its richeness; Australia and the unique wildlife, and dreamtime Aboriginal people; from the 'top end' of Kakadu to 'the Red Centre' of Uluru; and of course, the Antarctica. And not least her own beautiful country, New Zealand, a place that occupies a special place in her heart.