Beyond Documentary

We are proud!

We are overwhelmed and excited to finally see the posters up on the street. This is in the middle of town. The posters in our neighbourhood will be up next week.
Image by a passer by.

Nikki's art

I'm proud of this poster. It is my art and its cool to see it up as a poster.
Image by Serena. Poster on New North Rd, Greylynn.

Street Posters are up!

This is our first view of the exhibition as street posters made by Phantom Posters, these two images are self portraits of Annie. We are very happy, the posters look striking!
Image by Serena

Quality time

Making the most of whatever time we had to do our own thing.
Image by Serena

Babysitting

We played with them, we fed them & we bathed them. this was one of those days. Sometimes we felt like old people in young bodies with domestic responsibilities.
Image by Serena

A year!

looking after our neighbours kids. we looked after them everyday for a year. we felt like we were trapped, at 15yrs old being parents wasnt what we expected! but we felt like it was right.

Image by Serena.

Kickin' it!

...just us, kickin' it! talking about our friends whilst waiting for lunch.
Image by Serena

The dairy

I really like the man who owns the dairy across the road because he gives me free stuff. i call him Boss. Serena took this photo of me buying carrots, i like this photo because of the colours and i look cool.
Image by Serena

Annie's Self Portrait

This is Annie's self portrait. This image will be exhibited as a street poster. Annie loves this image because is shows her as she sees herself.
Image by Annie.

This is Nikkis house, she lives with her Grandmother and Cousin. The girls both hang out in the garage talking and smoking ciggarettes. On this day they talk about their friend who is in trouble and they are concerned about him, and try to contact him by phone. He is in the youth prison.
Image Serena.

Nikki and Annie

The current social identity of ‘South Auckland’, (a term used to describe the district south of Auckland) is largely governed by media, often unfairly. In particular the youth of South Auckland are featured frequently in the local and national news. In the summer of 2008 Serena Stevenson met two teenagers in Manurewa who were not into gangs, stealing, or making trouble. They were into their friendships, hanging out in their garage, and the takeaway bar, or spending time with family. Beyond Documentary’s key protagonist’s Nikki (left) and Annie (right) are two normal teenagers from Manurewa, South Auckland. This work is a celebration of the normality of their lives, spanning over a 12-month period portrayed in this collaborative multimedia exhibition.