Champions

In Champions Jessie Casson celebrates many of New Zealand's champions and local heroes with her marvellous photographs and text. Award-winning jam-makers. Rodeo cowboys. 'Universe'-straddling drag queens. These seemingly disparate individuals, along with forty more from the length and breadth of the country, are brought together in a loving tribute to the unsung New Zealand achiever. Although rarely publicised outside of their home towns, each winner in the book is testament to the passion and determination of the people of Aotearoa. The portraits are the fruit of Casson's desire to capture the dedication, self-belief and good old Kiwi 'can-do' attitude that make New Zealanders who they are. Jessie Casson and her partner and son travelled around New Zealand for several months towing a 70s caravan and meeting champions and winners all over the country, photographing and writing about them.