Ans Westra Photographs: after Handboek

Ans Westra

Māpuna – Kabinet Art Gallery
Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom
92 Main Street, Foxton

23 April - 19 June 2022

A Record of Modern Aotearoa in the Making – an exhibition by Ans Westra.

She witnessed a great many defining social events, over many decades. An unobtrusive woman, staring intently into a vintage Rolleiflex camera at chest height – documenting life as it unfolded in front of her.

Ans Westra captured the nation’s cultural and generational changes on film, like no other.

Some 80 of her finest works are on display in the Māpuna Kabinet Art Gallery. The show is based on the 2004 retrospective exhibition and significant publication ‘Handboek’.

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