Photographer’s focus on peace - CathNews New Zealand

Photographer’s focus on peace

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Celebrities, gang members, homeless people and religious leaders have equal importance in artist Stuart Robertson’s global work Peace in 10,000 Hands.

His vision is to create a lasting conversation about peace by photographing a white rose in the hands of 10,000 people from all over the world.

The photographs will eventually become part of an international exhibition and a coffee table book. But Aucklanders won’t have to wait to see images from the New Zealand leg of the project.

Robertson has created a short film entitled Illuminate: Peace Day as part of Auckland War Memorial Museum’s First World War Centenary Programme. Continue Reading

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