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A woman seated on a chair in a rural kitchen at night, facing the window as cool light enters the room. A Taonga hangs nearby on the drawer handle connecting the domestic space to family and cultural memory.

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2026

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A woman seated on a chair in a rural kitchen at night, facing the window as cool light enters the room. A Taonga hangs nearby on the drawer handle connecting the domestic space to family and cultural memory.

About Artist

Jordan Potae

Jordan Potae (b. 1994) is an Aotearoa-based artist from South Auckland. His work focuses on light, domestic interiors, suburban space, and ordinary structures. Through houses, roads, empty rooms, lit windows, and constructed imagery, he examines memory, absence, class, and the private lives held behind closed doors.

Jordan Potae

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture, People, Photojournalism

Location

New Zealand

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