Jana Hands

My names Jana Hands and I live on a sheep and beef farm in the Tararua with my family. I’ve loved animals for as long as I can remember and grew up rurally with ponies, pet sheep orphaned from my grandparents’ farm and lots of country school pet days.
I was a full time shepherd before becoming a mum and I thought my love for farming and my diploma in photography could work well together.

The Dusty Bull was then born, a fine art photography business which offers a menagerie of fine art prints and canvases.

Cattle and farm animals are some of my favourite animals to photograph. And they’re not always clean. In fact, I think they’re better with a bit of mud on them. I just really like to capture how they are in that moment. I also love to photograph flowers, landscapes and offer commission fine art prints of your own special animals.