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The Aro Valley’s iconic streetscapes featured in a new photographic exhibition by local author and photographer Mark Beehre.
Walking through the Valley opened at the Aro Valley Community Centre on 28 November and included an on-line competition for everyone to submit their photos inspired by the Valley.
Mark, the author of the 2021 book, A Queer Existence, says the 30 colour photographs are a portrait of a place.
“One of the joys of living in the Valley is the ease of getting around on foot. In the last seven years, I’ve captured in photographs the different faces of the Valley, its streetscapes and houses, on my daily walks. The old wooden buildings are full of personality and their mood changes with the weather, from the introspective silence of an empty street on a rainy day to the warm glow of the afternoon sun welcoming people home at the end of the day.”
Alongside the exhibition, local resident Sven Ericksen, organised an on-line competition for photographers to submit images of the Valley to be posted on social media and on this website.
“The photographs could be streetscapes, portraits, close-ups of objects, or any other type of image; the only criteria are that they are taken within the Valley and don’t use AI,” Sven says.
“The competition was open to all ages and there will be separate categories for different age groups, with two categories of prizes in each age group: the first chosen by professional photographers, and the second by popular choice.”
Competition entries and winners are posted on this website and on our Facebook page.
Walking through the Valley opened at the Aro Valley Community Centre on 28 November and included an on-line competition for everyone to submit their photos inspired by the Valley.
Mark, the author of the 2021 book, A Queer Existence, says the 30 colour photographs are a portrait of a place.
“One of the joys of living in the Valley is the ease of getting around on foot. In the last seven years, I’ve captured in photographs the different faces of the Valley, its streetscapes and houses, on my daily walks. The old wooden buildings are full of personality and their mood changes with the weather, from the introspective silence of an empty street on a rainy day to the warm glow of the afternoon sun welcoming people home at the end of the day.”
Alongside the exhibition, local resident Sven Ericksen, organised an on-line competition for photographers to submit images of the Valley to be posted on social media and on this website.
“The photographs could be streetscapes, portraits, close-ups of objects, or any other type of image; the only criteria are that they are taken within the Valley and don’t use AI,” Sven says.
“The competition was open to all ages and there will be separate categories for different age groups, with two categories of prizes in each age group: the first chosen by professional photographers, and the second by popular choice.”
Competition entries and winners are posted on this website and on our Facebook page.
Competition entries & winners
Competition categories:
- Landscape – the grand view
- Nature – the crash of the natural and the man-made
- Objects, buildings, details
Exhibition and competition sponsors
(Click on the sponsor's name to go to their website)
Chief Sponsor Andrea Skews Real Estate
The Garage Project
Rita restaurant
Young Shing Chinese Restaurant
Aro Video
Aro Café
Arobake
Shalimar
Verdant
Aro Valley Foodmarket
Vinnies
Paige and Janet Carlyle – enthusiastic supporters of all things Aro
Warehouse Stationery Tory St
Gordon Harris
(Click on the sponsor's name to go to their website)
Chief Sponsor Andrea Skews Real Estate
The Garage Project
Rita restaurant
Young Shing Chinese Restaurant
Aro Video
Aro Café
Arobake
Shalimar
Verdant
Aro Valley Foodmarket
Vinnies
Paige and Janet Carlyle – enthusiastic supporters of all things Aro
Warehouse Stationery Tory St
Gordon Harris
