Niki Boon

I am an unschooling mother of four, former paediatric physiotherapist, and passionate photographer, living in rural Marlborough, New Zealand.

My photography is focused primarily on my family, and our way of life in our rural environment.

A sincere place of freedom

We live a simple life in rural New Zealand, on a 10 acre property surrounded by rivers, coastline, bush and hills. My children are unschooled and live without TV or modern electronic devises, a lifestyle that may seem unconventional to some, but I am here to celebrate the magical place I choose to live with my family.

I document their days, together, in an environment full of nature and uninhibited play. I photograph as physical record of their childhood, life as it is… the real …but also as a reflection of a childhood rooted deep in my own past …a most sincere place of freedom.. a childhood I now pass on to my own children. Although deeply personal I believe that others will also connect to some aspect of their own childhood…

I believe my children are right where they belong covered in mud, running and living through nature.

They belong here wild and free and earth connected in a way where the landscape begins and there little souls end.