Jess

i love... photography, music, good times, laughs, watching bands and movies, popcorn, frankie magazine, making things, snowboarding, food, veges, cold beer on a hot day and red wine in winter, acoustic guitar and polaroid cameras, my boyfriend, coffee, my crazy sister, hugs, the beach, cafes, my family, eggs bene, bonfires, really good comedies, cooking, my tropical fish, going back to wellington city, portraiture, magazines, taking photos, holidays, friends ...
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Red Amour
photographs by jessica symonds
fashion by armeda hammonds
hair & make up by jacinda rogers
model : corrina sanderson

Tokanui Over the past 20 years New Zealand has ungone the de-institutionalisation of mental health, many New Zealand psychiatric hospitals have been closed down. Tokanui is a place that doesn’t exist anymore. Even the name Tokanui has fallen back into non-existence. And the people who had occupied it have been ignored by grand narratives of history. This project looks at the spaces and places left behind. It looks at the remainates of human life, and a culture that was left behind.