Blow-up | Te Papa

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Blow-upTe Whakakaitā

‘Blow-up’ is a photographic term meaning an enlarged image.

When | Āhea

15 Jun – 13 Oct 2019

Where | Ki hea

Toi Art, Level 4

Allow | ME WHAKARITE

10 minutes

Accessibility | E wātea ana ki

wheelchair accessible

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See all the photographs from The New Photography – and more – enlarged to cinematic scale.

Choose from over 120 works by New Zealand’s photographer pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s.

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The New Photography – Life in the 60s and 70s

The 1960s and 1970s were decades of social change and experimentation, and for photography they marked the beginnings of art photography in New Zealand.

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15 Jun – 13 Oct 2019

Exhibition Ngā whakaaturanga

The New Photography: New Zealand's First-Generation Contemporary Photographers

New Zealand’s photographer pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s.

Michael Illingworth, Untitled, 1971. Oil on canvas. Gift of Hans and Martha Lachmann, 1995. Te Papa (1995-0020-38)

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Browse our online collection of watercolours, drawings, photographs, and sculptures, spanning landscapes, portraits, and abstract pieces from New Zealand and around the world.

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