They Were Young Once

Amber McCardle, Nelly Farmiloe, Theodore Holmstead-Scott, Natalie Woomak, AJ Reid, Gabriella Morton, Francesca Gallo, Carl Green, Michel Perrin + Selected works from the Grant Kerr Photography Collection

Depot Artspace
28 Clarence Street, Devonport, Auckland

5 - 22 June 2021

Exhibition event: Saturday 12 June 2-4pm

Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography

They Were Young Once celebrates New Zealand’s distinctive cultural lineage of which young emerging artists are an integral part. The exhibition gives life to and acknowledges the value of collective action through intergenerational collaboration. The artists and their work manifest an antidote to isolation; generating awareness, creative discourse and mutual support, whilst celebrating the achievements, innovation and visible heritage of this art form.

They Were Young Once is representative of the depth and emerging scope of photography in Aotearoa and brings together the works of NZ photographers, both iconic and emerging in recognition of the creative journey and its origins.