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Chris McEniry

Chris McEniry

Chris McEniry

Greg Hill - NFL Running Back - Kansas City Chiefs

Sam Bradford - NFL Quarterback - St Louis Rams

This is a photo taken by Chris McEniry. He is a photographer who takes photographs of some of the top athletes in the world. Chris has travelled all around the world on assignments and has taken photos of top athletes in various locations but as for these photos were taken in a studio. Chris has worked with some of the worlds leading publications in the world such as; Nike, New York Times Magazine, Getty Images, Rolling Stone, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Taco Truck Creative etc. He is also a Co-owner of Overflow Productions Inc. with his wife Kim McEniry. This is helpful for me as i am doing my self portrait based on my identity and American Football or in other words Gridiron is part of my identity its not because i was born in america but its because i play Gridiron here in New Zealand. I started playing Gridiron in 2012 and ever since then year after year i got a little bit better at it and it has changed my life as a person and athlete. That is why American Football is part of my Identity.

Edith Amituana'i

Edith Amituana'i is a Samoan New Zealand Photographer who was raised in Christchurch. She Graduated in 2005 receiving a bachelor of design in Unitec. Her main subjects are mainly the Samoan community living in New Zealand. She is mostly drawn to portraits. she has many achievements including the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award, The Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Award in Auckland and The KLM Paul Huf Award in Amsterdam. 

Monsieur Philemon Toleafoa, 2007

Series: Dejeuner

Monsieur Murphy Pavihi Taele, 2007

Series: Dejeuner

These are some of the photos that were taken by Edith Amituana'i from the series Dejeuner which is French for lunch. These 2 gentlemen are Professional Rugby players who are playing rugby overseas in France and according to the New Zealand Herald, May 23, 2007, Toleafoa was homesick and he told Edith that he missed Sunday lunch with his Grandma. So Edith went to France and took photos of Philemon Toleafoa.

Edith's photograghs could help me out with my Self Portrait because her main Subjects is the Samoan Community living in New Zealand which is also another part of my Identity. As a Samoan and Pacific Islander Sport has become a third wave of migrations as Samoans and Pacific islanders. This could also be helpful because most of her photos are portraits and that is how i am going to take my photo. I am going to get someone to photograph me and i want it to be a portrait.