Ans Westra: A Life in Photography
Schedule
Thu May 23 2024 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm
Location
National Library of New Zealand | Wellington, WG
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Join historian Dr Paul Moon for the Wellington launch of his biography of renowned Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra (1936-2023). Ans’ photographic output comprises a veritable photo album of the diversity of life in post-war Aotearoa.Celebrate the Wellington book launch of Ans Westra: A life in photography in Paul Moon’s richly illustrated biography, published by Massey University Press. Paul's book outlines six decades of Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra’s remarkable career and interrogates her sometimes controversial and always distinctive practice.
Ans Westra and the Alexander Turnbull Library
Ans developed a relationship with the Alexander Turnbull Library in the 1980s, when she started donating her film negatives to ensure their preservation and long-term access for the people of Aotearoa.
In 2013, the Library partnered with Ans and her agent Suite Tirohanga to collaborate on a digitisation project to enable wider access to Ans’ vast body of work (PA-Group-00941). To date, over 6,000 images have been digitised and are available to view through the National Library’s website.
Ans Westra photographs (PA-Group-00941): https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35154427
Kōrero and book signing
The launch will open with a panel discussion featuring author Paul Moon along with {Suite} Gallery director David Alsop and Ans Westra’s daughter Lisa van Hulst, representing Suite Tirohanga.
The kōrero will be followed by a book signing and refreshments. Copies of Ans Westra: A life in photography by Paul Moon will be available to buy on the night at Te Āmiki, the National Library’s store.
Image: Front cover of Ans Westra: A life in photography (Aotearoa Books, 2024) with a portrait of Ans Westra photographed in Wellington,1987, by Adrienne Martyn.
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