His series of portraits of Hemi Tuwharerangi Paraha is particularly so. Not, perhaps, because the images document a challenging individual, or portray someone the viewer will probably never know, for these are issues which haunt all photography. Instead, these images call the entire history of the representation of Maori males into question precisely in the manner in which they suggest who Paraha is and, at the same time, react against the traditional representations which have reflected, if not repressed, young Maori males to this day.