Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2012:11:06 03:54:30)

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A photograph of street art constructed against the wall of a building in New Brighton Mall. The artwork is titled, "My Hope for New Brighton", and consists of a blackboard full of messages and images from the public.

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2012:11:06 03:54:13)

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A photograph of street art constructed against the wall of a building in New Brighton Mall. The artwork is titled, "My Hope for New Brighton", and consists of a blackboard full of messages and images from the public.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 1 November 2012 (3)

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A page banner showing a mural reading, "My hope for New Brighton".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2708

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A photograph of a blackboard inviting people to write messages in response to the prompt, "My hope for New Brighton is...". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2709

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A photograph of a blackboard inviting people to write messages in response to the prompt, "My hope for New Brighton is...". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2710

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a blackboard inviting people to write messages in response to the prompt, "My hope for New Brighton is...". The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Off New Brighton Mall".

My Photographic Visualisation of the Christchurch Earthquake

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A motion-blurred photograph of houses, with the Port Hills in the background. The photographer comments, "This I hope gives you a feel of what it feels like in an earthquake. When you spend your whole life thinking that you and your home are built on solid ground, it can be quite a shock when you find it is not. You can feel the house shaking like a dog with a toy, rising up violently underneath you or the most gentle form which is when the ground moves gently like a wave moving under a rowing boat. It is not just the movement, you often get a rumbling sound which can precede a violent shake or can result in no movement at all. This means that some vehicles can sound like the rumbling initially and in the early days would get your heart racing. Another form of stress is when big excavators as heavy as a tank move as you can feel the ground shake from streets away, but you do not always hear the engine. For most of us the problem when the shaking starts, is wondering if this is the start of an extremely violent earthquake or will it peter out".