Tanu Gago

Form

• I presume Tanu uses a colour camera, the pacific island models are his family members. 
• The images below have an authentic feel in and outside the home of South Auckland. 
• He uses deep depth of field to see the background of his images. 
• Tanu will use a single frame to convey a story in his images. 

Content 
Tanu's cultural aspect through is art. Analysing Tanu's work has a cultural importance. It's about
accepting him as a male pacific islander and as an individual, and it's about accepting other pacific island individuals for who and what they are. This is for all of us as individuals from all walks of life.

Evaluation: Deep d.o.f, standard lens, and studio lighting.

Context
Tanu Gago was born in Samoa 1983 and raised in a big family with very different cultural backgrounds of Manukau City. He prefers to use a single frame to tell an entire story and by doing this he incorporates his life experiences to create questions of the cultural pacific masculinity and sexuality of society.
While Tanu was growing up, he struggled as an individual on what is the identity of a pacific island male's masculinity, and through this journey of South Auckland has lead him to where he is today as a 'successful artist'.
He believes his pacific audience is the drive force behind the success of his visual art.