24 Hours in Wellington 2002

An event by the Wellington Photographic Society

Photos by Matt Mueller

Click HERE for a detailed index, or Visit the Official Site.


Friday, 20 September:

  • 4:00 -  4:41pm   Hotel Inter-Conteniental (80 Images)
  • 5:00 -  5:31pm   Skateboard Park & Temporary Ice Rink (50 Images)
  • 6:00 -  6:25pm   Sunset at Princess Bay (10 Images)
  • 6:35 -  6:50pm   Roundabout near the Airport (9 Images)
  • 7:10 -  7:45pm   Home to drop off some camera gear & download images
  • 8:00 -  9:45pm   24 Hours Control Center, dropping off film & watching the front door
  • 10:00 - 10:55pm   Te Puni Mail Center in Petone (125 Images)
  • 11:00 - 11:35pm   The Big Kumara Bar for an Irish going away party (20 Images)
  • 11:36 - 11:59pm   Vivian Street, 3 guys giving away sausages (20 Images)

Saturday, 21 September:

  • 12:00 - 12:45   The Big Kumara Bar (again) & more Vivian Street (10 Images)
  • 1:00 - 2:00am   Home. Editing digital images.
  • 2:00 - 5:30am   Sleep.
  • 5:50 - 6:35am   Sunrise in Brooklyn (15 Images)
  • 7:15 - 8:00am   24 Hours Control Center, dropping off film.
  • 8:20 - 9:30am   Driving around Karori, Lawn Mowers (25 Images)
  • 9:30 - 10:20am   Juliette Florist, Kelburn (100 Images)
  • 10:35 - 11:55am   Tree-Climbing Competetion, Botanical Gardens (with TV crew) (180 Images)
  • 12:15 - 12:45pm   Downloading Digital Images in Rongotai
  • 1:00 - 1:20pm   Surfers in Lyall Bay (15 Images)
  • 1:45 - 2:00pm   Eat (only meal in last 36 hours)
  • 2:00 - 7:00pm   24 Hours Control Center, dropping off film, editing, captioning.

The Numbers:

  • 650: Images Taken (mostly digital)
  • 137: Kilometers Driven
  • 46: Strangers met and photographed.
  • 4: Official Assignments
  • 3½: Hours of Sleep
  • 3: Bottles of Red Bull on Friday night.
  • 1: Meal (a Bagel on Saturday)

  • 2: Images selected for the Gallery.
Grant Brunskill vacuuming at the Hotel Inter-Continental. Geoff Goss monitoring the creation  of ice at the temporary ice skating rink at Chaffers Park. The Interislander Ferry at Sunset in Cook Strait. Sunset over Princess Bay. Roundabout at Cobham Drive and Calabar Road. Bernard Finney sorting mail at the Te Puni Mail sorting facility in Petone Neve Lucy at the Big Kumara Bar at a going-away party Rob Arrowsmith (left) and Dave Fields sharing their faith and giving away sausages on Vivian Street. Matthew Sweeney, part of the WCC Parks & Gardens Mowing Team, doing a bit of weedwhacking in Karori. Jacque Holbrook, owner of Juliette Florist in Kelburn A competitor in the tree climbing contest at the Botanical Gardens Tulips in the Botanical Gardens


Sunday, 22 September - Image Selection: