It all seems so long ago. Of course if  we had lost, instead of  scraping home, the post mortem and mourning would be continuing. Now we have that satisfied acceptance of, -  job done – move on. Also, reality has rapidly re-imposed itself in the form of an election and the impending consequences that inevitably follow 40 years of world wide money debasement, – these are the next big games to be played.

The photographs above, ‘people in windows’, have just been added to the Gallery auckland RWC 2011. My photographic interest throughout the World Cup focused on the public, people in and about the streets, and of course up buildings and in windows. During a time of celebration, where people with cameras are accepted as part of the event, being photographed by a stranger is tolerated, even welcomed. Quite a number of times I was asked to take a photograph of one or more people, even though no thought had been given to how the subject would see or possess the resulting photograph. It is as though being photographed during such an event was an act of celebration in itself. As a photographer friend commented, it was a bit like ‘shooting fish in a barrel’. Actually, the whole period was outstanding for the universal atmosphere of goodwill amongst all, and I hope my collection of Rugby World Cup 2011 photographs become a valued addition to this significant event  : : peter