Rain Fade - (The Decisive Moment)

More and more, storms are impacting Aotearoa New Zealand. Each time a serious weather event comes through, the satellite TV signal is disrupted and a message appears saying 'Rain Fade'. These images have been 'captured live' by the camera in the tradition of photojournalism. The impact of heavy rain breaks up the scene. Climate disruption of technology randomly edits the view. This work has been shown with a implied narrative, and different sequencing can vary the tune. But whatever the order of the pictures - it's the same message each time. It is easy to understand the anger and urgency in the voice of Greta Thunburg and millions of other people who are alarmed by the collective inaction in the face of climate destabilisation. There is a sense of unease at humanity's reluctance to embrace the truth of the image of the future that climate scientists are uncovering. Rain Fade is a metaphor for that. Each image is a moment of climate disruption. 'The decisive moment' refers to the concept made popular by street photographer, photojournalist, and Magnum co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson; capturing an event that is ephemeral and spontaneous, where the image represents the essence of the event itself. The pictures in Rain Fade capture such moments.