Author Archives: Nativedge

Last year we did an interview with a German fashion magazine- Material Magazine, around cultural identity and the importance and potential we feel it has in determining who we are as people. We talked with Kira (the interviewer) about our social initiative going into prisons as part of a wider cultural programme reconnecting prisoners withContinue reading “Soldiers Rd is going to Europe and the UK!”

We are holding an open studio day in Cambridge on Saturday 10th September, 2016. Address: 1 Baxter Place, Cambridge. Our $150 private sitting fee is waived at our open studio days- It’s just the cost of portraits: Individual Portrait $100 Group Portrait $70 per adult, $40 per child 10yrs and under If only children inContinue reading “Cambridge Open Studio Day”

Recently we had the privilege of doing some filming for Oompher- a web series for Careers NZ aiming to inspire and encourage young New Zealanders to open their minds to new opportunities, and act on their dreams, and create their own extraordinary. We always feel so honoured when we are approached to do things likeContinue reading “OOMPHER Web Series debut!”

On Wednesday of this week we had the privilege of doing an interview with the NZ Herald- read all about it and watch the sweet little video to learn a little bit more about why we love to do what we do 🙂 Shout out to Linzee for being our stunning model, and Alan andContinue reading “Soldiers Rd’s debut in the New Zealand Herald!”

We had the opportunity over Auckland Anniversary weekend to set up a stall and do portraits in The Cloud down on Auckland’s Viaduct. Among the wonderful people we met over the two days we were doing portraits, was this gentleman who wandered up to our stall and spoke beautiful fluent Maori to us. He told us heContinue reading “He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata! He tangata! He tangata!”

Firstly, sorry for the lack in posting.  I realise ACTUAL bloggers are updating their stuff everyday, and my uselessness is not from lack of things to say.  Everyone who knows me will tell you, that has never and will never be the case.  I ALWAYS have an opinion and something to say (I like toContinue reading “Days 4,6&7- Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge and Veteran’s Day”

We had a late start today.  You see, we go to sleep around… 5am!  I haven’t quite figured out if it’s jetlag, our bodies not adjusting very well to the time difference or the fact that we are staying 3 blocks from Times Square so it is literally buzzing with noise, food and people outsideContinue reading “Day 3- Grand Central Terminal and Brooklyn”

We are staying in Hells Kitchen, New York.  For the first week anyway.  We managed to be the ultimate of scabs to Vienna’s brother Eden, and dump our 4 massive bags at his extremely convenient crib on the corner of 52nd Street and 9th Ave.We went to sleep at 5am this morning.  After clocking Social Media the mostContinue reading “Day One- Highline, Chelsea, NYC”