Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He kaitoi e hiahia ana ki te hopu i te hoahoanga taone, kua puta mai he huarahi hou hei whakamahi i tana whakaahua. Ko Thomas Lamadieu, he kaiwhakaahua, he kaiwhakaahua French, e tango ana i nga whakaahua o te rangi i roto i nga marae me nga waahi kua hangaia hei hanga i te anga o nga whare. Ko te mokowā i waenganui ka mahi hei kaakahu mō ana pikitia whakaari i tapaina e ia ko 'whakaahua rangi'. I runga i tana paetukutuku, e kii ana a Thomas ko tana whaainga toi ko te 'whakaatu i tetahi tirohanga rereke mo te hoahoanga taone me te taiao o ia ra e karapoti ana i a tatou, ka taea e taatau te hanga me te whakaaro nui'. I mua, i muri hoki: Ko te whakaahua taketake a Lamadieu (maui) me muri i tana hurihanga hei 'toi rangi' (matau) Ko Lamadieu, e mohiotia ana ko Roots Art, e noho ana i Parani engari e haerere ana i te ao ki te whakaahua i te waahi i waenga i nga whare i nga taone rereke. I te tau kua hipa anake kua tae atu ia ki Belgium, Germany, Canada, te United States me Korea ki te Tonga i roto i tana rapu i nga papa rangi tino pai mo ana whakaahua. Mai i tana tiimata ki te hanga toi rangi i te 2011, kua whai ingoa a Lamadieu mo ia ano i waenga i nga kaitohutohu, nga kaiwhaiwhai toi me nga kairipoata puta noa i te ao. I a ia e kōrero ana ki te Independent, ka mea a Lamadieu: 'Ko te raupapa o ngā whakairo rangi i tīmata mai hei huarahi ki te tākaro ki taku whakaaro ki te whakaatu me pēhea e taea ai te whakamāori anō i ēnei mokowā kore i roto i te taiao taone i roto i ngā huarahi rerekē, auaha hoki.' 'Ko te tangata pahau i aku whakaahua e tohu ana i te rangi ake, te tangata nui i te rangi, engari kaore i te tikanga kia noho karakia i tetahi ara.' Surreal: E toru ngā pūāhua e tuhi ana i ō rātou ake whakaahua i roto i tētahi pikitia rangi hurihuri. I runga i raro: Ka eke tētahi tangata ki runga i tētahi ngeru i waenganui i ngā whare. Te rangimarie: He whakaahua o te tangata e whakatangitangi ana i te kita hiko e whakakii ana i te waahi o te rangi i tenei whakaahua. Cheshire cat: He whakairo o tētahi tokorua e awhi ana i muri i tētahi ngārara ataata e whakakī ana i te āputa i te wāhi i noho ai te rangi i te timatanga. Mā te whakamahi i tētahi kāmera kanohi ika hei hopu i te pikitia poutū tino pai, ka whakaahua a Thomas Lamadieu i te āhua whakairoiro i hangaia i waenganui i ngā whare...
Ka whakakotahihia e te kaitoi Wīwī a Thomas Lamadieu te whakaahua me te whakaahua hei waihanga i ngā pikitia pūkenga. E whakaahua ana ia i te rangi i ngā wāhi tāone huri noa i te ao. Ko ngā whare i roto i ngā whakaahua hei anga māna ki te tuhi i runga i ngā whakaahua ā-tuhi.