ANDRÉW KENNEDY, SIMON MARK, RYAN MCCAULEY AND NINA VAN DER VOORN FOUR TAKES: FOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS, 21 AUGUST - 15 SEPTEMBER 2012
In our visually saturated world when almost everyone is merrily snapping and sharing images, what do fine art photographers bring to their images? What are they seeking to say and how do they capture our attention? This exhibition presents the work of four emerging photographers as a means of addressing these questions.
ANDREW KENNEDY directly addresses the difficulties facing contemporary photography and these issues, which he describes as an exploration of 'anxious production', can be seen as his subject. Kennedy is currently studying towards a Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland following a decade of working and exhibiting as a photographer.
RYAN MCCAULEY has turned to the pinhole technology of photography's early days to draw attention to the camera's role as an aid to memory. His pinhole images stand in a space between reality and memory that is both familiar and remote. McCauley is currently undertaking a Masters in Fine Arts at Massey University Wellington.
SIMON MARK zooms in on the details of the everyday to play on the border of representation - his subjects are the overlooked, the mundane, the colourful and the underappreciated. With almost painterly abstraction, his work challenges conventional notions of photographic composition. Mark has a PhD in cultural diplomacy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts from Massey University.
NINA VAN DER VOORN creates fictional scenes employing conventions associated with authenticity to make us actively aware of photography's problematic relationship with truth. For her photography is a medium where evidence may be constructed to expose a personal narrative or commentary. Van der Voorn has a Bachelor of Photographic Design (Hons) from Massey University.
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 | Ryan McCauley Mount Victoria, 2011 silver gelatin photograph, 895 x 740 mm |
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 | Ryan McCauley Oriental Bay , 2011 silver gelatin photograph, 895 x 740 mm |
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 | Ryan McCauley Waterloo Lower Hutt, 2012 silver gelatin photograph, 895 x 740 mm |
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 | Ryan McCauley Kilbirnie, 2011 silver gelatin photograph, 895 x 740 mm |
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 | Ryan McCauley Oriental Bay I, 2011 silver gelatin photograph, 895 x 740 mm |
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 | Ryan McCauley Avalon, 2011 silver gelatin photograph, 895 x 740 mm |
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 | Simon Mark Idie tooths, 2012 digital photograph, 465 x 460 mm |
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 | Simon Mark Idie wires, 2012 digital photograph, 465 x 460 mm |
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 | Simon Mark CoCA, 2012 digital photograph, 465 x 460 mm |
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 | Simon Mark Idie mirror, 2012 digital photograph, 465 x 460 mm |
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 | Simon Mark CoCA building, 2012 digital photograph, 515 x 712 mm |
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 | Simon Mark TVNZ studio roof, 2012 digital photograph, 515 x 712 mm |
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 | Andrew Kennedy Hand writing, 2011 colour inkjet print, 610 x 466 mm |
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 | Andrew Kennedy Red chair, 2011 colour inkjet print, 885 x 640 mm |
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 | Nina van der Voorn Toastus bernadettus, 2009 c-type print, 555 x 490 mm |
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 | Nina van der Voorn Lactis shakeus, 2011 c-type print, 493 x 553 mm |
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 | Nina van der Voorn Reciptus printeri, 2011 c-type print, 495 x 555 mm |
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