BLOCK BUSTERS { 45 images } Created 29 Mar 2020
New Zealand’s forests were cleared at a record pace, and from this destruction, a sport arose: who can fell a tree the fastest? Competitive woodchopping transformed the labour of forestry into a community event. Now, 150 years on, a diminishing number of axemen and axewomen chop for top honours at A&P shows around the country.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 159 September - October 2019.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/block-busters/
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 159 September - October 2019.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/block-busters/