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Some of the Kiīgi Tūheitia Portraiture Awards finalists, from left, Tessa Williams created ‘’#It’sNotAboutATie’’; Hikurangi Tikitiki-o-Rangi Mangū carved a portrait of his tupuna ‘’Hinematikotai’’; and Suzanne Tāmaki’s ‘’Cultural Preservation’’.
The phone line crackles a little as the god of weather, Tāwhirimātea hurls Ranginui s, his father’s tears sideways outside, and artist Kura Te Waru-Rewiri’s gentle voice says she is about to travel to the Hawke’s Bay. One of three esteemed artists judging the inaugural Kīngi Tūheitia Portraiture Awards, she says it’s been a process of digital collaboration to get to a shortlist of 50 entries – she is based in Te Papaioea (Palmerston North) Sir Derek Lardelli is in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Gisborne) and Lisa Reihana in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
Inked: Why I Love Tattoos
“I got my first tattoo at home. Just like that, on the sofa. I keep on going because there are so many good tattooists out there. It’s like collecting art. It’s an honor to wear their work.” Leaving behind their old preconceptions, tattoos have made the transition into fine art.
Photographs by Ralf Mitsch
Inked: Why I Love Tattoos
“I got my first tattoo at home. Just like that, on the sofa. I keep on going because there are so many good tattooists out there. It’s like collecting art. It’s an honor to wear their work.” Leaving behind their old preconceptions, tattoos have made the transition into fine art.
A dad is not something you become in the course of one day these portraits of father and child highlight the bond that is uniquely built through time spent together, thus arguing for the benefits of taking time off work for family
James Kwofie awarded Innovative Managing Director of the Decade LISTEN
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Mr. James Kwofie, Managing Director of Ghana Post, has been awarded the Innovative Managing Director of the Decade in a virtual edition of Lifetime in a Portrait award, held on Sunday 4th April 2022 at the GBC studios in Accra.
The Lifetime in a Portrait Award is an initiative of Initiators of Change Foundation (ICF) to discover and celebrate distinguished individuals from various backgrounds with the prime goal of engendering social cohesion, unity, patriotism, role modelling, and national development.
This year s edition coincided with the foundation’s tenth anniversary hence Lifetime In a Portrait Award of the Decade.