Beate Manguse, Untamed New Zealand (Landscape 2019)

The photos are showcasing some of the most beautiful places in the Southern New Zealand. The Wanaka Tree - dusky and grainy background is an insignificant representation of the frost which had surrounded the town that night with shooting stars completing the photo of the tree that has contributed greatly to the development of Wanaka and its tourism. A photo of Mt Cook just underneath an umbrella of a cirrus cloud, which has left so many mountaineers intimidated yet intrigued. Two photos of mountains located in the Mt Aspiring National park, both taken from different locations with 50km apart. Mountain range with the romantic pink back-light and clouds passing by in the first photo. And the second photo serving as a detailed record of what is actually happening in these mountains depicted in the previous photo - glaciers, which moved and initiated countless avalanches during that night thus feeding the lake that is just underneath the mountain with its turquoise water. Landscape of New Zealand is greatly dominated by mountainous and glacial landforms, which changes every day keeping its visitors mesmerized.

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