Contemporary experiential wet plate portrait photography
destined to outlast generations.

“Photography is the silent language that speaks the story of our lives”

/  REWA RENDALL - PHOTOGRAPHIC ALCHEMIST  /

Laughingly describing herself as a photographic alchemist, Rewa’s work is an absorbing contradiction of contemporary and traditional where imperfection and light plays are celebrated. With its long exposure, Rewa’s methodology captures a period of time that reflects on who you are, not what you are.

Join Rewa as she embarks on an artistic exploration into 19th Century Antarctic photography techniques used by pioneers like Hurley and Ponting.
Inviting all contemporary explorers, to take a seat in history and have their portrait crafted using the same historic process.

Together, we can continue to preserve the legacy of polar exploration.

“Rewa’s work is an absorbing contradiction of contemporary and traditional where imperfection and light plays are celebrated.”

/  PIP GOLDSBURY - WRITER LATITUDE MAGAZINE  /

Time spent with Rewa - is an intriguing and curious experience, grounded and traditional, enchanting and absorbing. It’s also a chance to explore ambrotype and tintype photographic portraiture, a methodology that dates back to the mid-1850s and was originally used to document cadavers!

Complete with antique furniture, silver teapots of syrupy collodion and sodium thiosulphate, a replica bellows camera and even an armchair salvaged from the 1844 shipwreck of Akaroa’s Captain Bruce, Rewa offers contemporary experiential wet plate portrait photography that is destined to outlast generations.

Craft your legacy.