30 years of magic memories

30 years of magic memories

Pictured above: John Wikstrom. In 1995, John Wikstrom had finished a marketing degree and was working at Queenstown newspaper Mountain Scene when a friend suggested an idea to sell visitor photos at Skyline Gondola. The concept wasn’t new. A company called Smile Click used professional photographers and a model where customers could view, select and pay for their photos and return later to collect them, packaged into a brown paper bag. In a nod …