"I started it because I just wanted to record what people look like," she said.
"I'm the same as my father, he was really interested in my family history. So, he would write things down and interview certain family members and for me, it was really about recording what people looked like before people died or moved away or became old."
RNZ reports the Auckland-based Samoan photographer has received an artist's residency at the National University of Samoa, which she'll use to complete her project on Salelesi village.