For Sale
The images are part of an ongoing (never ending?) series
recording things that are for sale and the way they are
sold. What we make and sell and what we value and buy reveals
something of who are as groups and individuals. The photos
seem to suggest bigger ideas than the things they
record - the unachievable ideal of the mannequins behind
bars or the dream wedding dress mirrored in the reality
of an urban street.
About the Artist
Most of my decisions made on the basis of 'would it be
interesting?'.
This has found me living and working in UK, Africa, the
Central Pacific and now New Zealand. My photography has
been the 'key' for me to living in and exploring these countries.
I am presently Director of Photography at Massey University
in Wellington which gives me the chance to explore long
term projects.
My most recent work 'Akekia! Traditional Dance in Kiribati'
was published in 2002 and won the Montana book award for
illustration. I am currently working on documenting the
traditional canoes of Kiribati. Photography continues to
be the way I try make sense of the world around me and to
understand something of who I am. To paraphrase Wilhelm
Dilthey; to see yourself don't try to look inwards, rather
take the longer more circuitous route to look outward at
what you have produced.
Tony Whincup - Fellow New Zealand Institute of Professional
Photographers
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