Issue 55 – February 2016 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING

First Place

Photographer

he win was a surprise for Bridget, who was a relative

newcomer to the art of photography.

“This was the first year I had taken photography as a

subject,” Bridget explains.

“I am honoured to be chosen out of the thousands of people who

entered.”

Bridget’s inspiration for her award winning series came from

visual artist, Rocio Montoya.

“Her work is done by hand and collage, and is used to show the

emotional states and behaviours of the human being, the reality

from manipulating the image to convey the environment around

them,” Bridget comments.

The series of work, which Bridget created for her NCEA Level

3 photography folio, was about getting lost in the mystery of the

fairytale.

“This series was used to show that she has been taken into the

fairytale and that this is her new reality and environment,” she adds.

The competition judges were impressed with Bridget’s entry and

made the following comments.

“Unique and stood out for its creative use of photographic

elements, good use of colour. The use of collage and mixed media

added to the end result. Refreshing result in cohesive images.”

As part of winning the competition, Bridget was awarded $3000

Canon NZ dollars to be spent on Canon products, a Canon PIXMA

PRO-100s printer, a trip to Queenstown to attend a workshop at

the Queenstown Centre for Creative Photography with Canon EOS

Masters Jackie Ranken and Mike Langford, and agency experience

with Canon’s creative agency, bcg2.

Bridget Tangaere won the high school category of the 2015 Canon EYECON Photography

Competition with her fairytale entry.

Queen Margaret College was also given $2000 Canon NZ

dollars and an EYECON mentor talk for photography students at

the College.

Bridget enjoys photography as an artistic medium because of the

freedom it allows her as an artist.

“An idea can be expressed in completely different ways depending

on the viewer and photographer perspective,” she comments.

“I have learnt to be confident and trust myself with my work and

then the rest will flow.”

Bridget, who graduated from Queen Margaret College last year,

will continue photography in the future as part of her Bachelor of

Design at Massey University, Wellington.