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conor clarke, photographer

it's smart to be square, or something...

About Me

Good morning. I am a photographer...feel free to hire me at any point.I also have a website at www.conorclarke.co.nz ...or check out my slideshows for a sample. I love shooting bands both live and formal (for promo purposes, etc). REASONABLE RATES EVEN!! awesome.

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SOME NEW LIVE PICS...BAM! PET SHOP BOYS, THE RAPTURE, GNARLS BARKLEY, THE SLITS, CHARLIE ASH, NOFX, KITSCH, JOANNA NEWSOM, BILL CALLAHAN (SMOG), HOLLY THROSBY, CANSEI DE SER SEXY, SO SO MODERN, KASABIAN, MEATBIX, JONNIE ROSE, CONAN AND THE MOCKASINS, THE CHECKS, THE GLADEYES, GEORGE AND QUEEN....check it (BIG DAY OUT '07 pics...SOME BAND STUFF...

My Interests

Photography, topiary, well trimmed hedges, white picket fences, freshly cut lawns, container gardening, bonsai, art deco, vintage frocks and hats, symmetry (especially in formal english and french style gardens), music, aaaaaaart (high brow), contemporary dance, having a drink or 2 or few, dancing with my ladies just like a lady, topiary, beach time, western springs time (gots to love those freaky swans!), and i love nice frocks, Fiona my mean arse cat, maine coon cats (SO HILARIOUS!), my awesome flatmates, maxin relaxin, gardening, runnin, working, scrumpy, emo's, punks, mexicans, fruit pickers, flowers, lazin in the sun, earth people, watching bands and films, gosh!My ultimate goal would be to travel the world in search of fine topiary specimens to photograph.

I'd like to meet:

David bowie (we are destined to be together...) or maybe beck as well, he's not bad either, not bad at all. people that wanna pay me to take their photos! ha BAM!And also people without ego's, that are friendly, down to earth, that are witty, and funny, and that like different kinds of music, people that like road trips, the beach, and goody goody gumdrop icecreams, or maybe those bubble o bills or mint trumpets- those are nice too. People that can put up with me, that don't steal things, that like plants, and cats.

Music:

DAVID BOWIE is pretty hard out spesh, beyonce, gerling, the flaming lips, the boxcar guitars, the nudie suits, pheonix foundation, BECK!, steve abel, stereolab, the cardigans, renee-louise carafice, the brunettes, hot chip, goodshirt, prince, the checks, nouvelle vague, SJD, the sugarbabes, philip glass, phelps and munro, belle and sebastian, the tokey tones, the sneaks, the beta band, portishead, ed cake...umm... lily allen, dimmer, dresden dolls, radiohead, jakob, HDU, nina simone, punches, bonnie prince billy, stephen malkmus, supergrass, cloudboy, conray, jonathan richman, rachels, wilco, the new loungehead, relaxomatic project, the new pornographers, turin brakes, the ruby suns, sufjan stevens, radiohead, yola tengo, yeah yeah yeahs, nelly furtado, peaches, the rainy days, conduits of konsumption, bressa creeting cake, paul mclaney, tv on the radio, cat power,nigel wright, nest, collapsing cities, my chemical romance, the blow.

Movies:

Last Year at Marienbad, Edward Scissorhands, The Labyrinth, Amelie, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, Beetlejuice, The man who fell to earth, The squid and the whale, a shallow grave, an angel at my table.

Television:

The family guy, little britain, the simpsons, black books

Books:

The secret life of plants, the garden book, anything topiary related really... or umm yeh

Heroes:

Richard Avedon, Audrey Tatou, Audrey Hepburn, Winona Ryder, Sarah Moon, David bowie, ma and pa, my buddy Helen A...and definitely Fiona- she's a good dog...