Reflection of the Christchurch Cathedral before Feb 22rd Earthquake
The Christchurch Methodist Church van takes a hit from the falling gable end of the church.
Photographs of people gathered in the grounds of Parliament on 1 March 2011 to observe two minutes silence to remember the people killed in the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011.
Arrangement: Images were originally in a folder labelled '2 Minutes Silence for Christchurch Earthquake Mar 1 2011' within the folder '300111 Fairs, Festivals & Protests Jan to July 2011'
Quantity: 15 digital photograph(s).
A large group of people stand on a huge sundial in a pattern that forms a map of New Zealand; the hand of the sundial casts a shadow that falls on nine minutes to one. Context - the people of New Zealand maintained a vigil of two minutes silence at 12.51 on 1 March which was exactly a week after the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February struck.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A local resident walks to the nearest dairy for essentials after the 7.1 magnitude quake, that has caused major infrastructure damage to Christchurch City.
As a man and a woman walk along the man comments that 'for 2 minutes yesterday people were joined as one in a spirit of caring and thoughtful reflection...' The woman, speaking about their personal life, wonders why they only ever manage 2 minutes of that. Context - at 12.51 pm on Tuesday 1 March 2011 (exactly a week after the catastrophic Christchurch earthquake of 22 February) all of New Zealand stopped for two minutes of silent contemplation.
Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
An abandoned cafe located in the Pavilion building on Cashel Street. Magazines and newspapers are laid out on the counter and the reflection of Les Mills Gym can be seen in the window.
An abandoned cafe located in the Pavilion building on Cashel Street. A dead plant, magazines, and newspapers are laid out on the counter and the reflection of Les Mills Gym car park can be seen in the window.