We are saddened to learn of the recent passing of Gary Blackman.

Photographer, painter, teacher, writer, and long-time member of PhotoForum, Gary Blackman contributed work to many PhotoForum exhibitions and publications over the years, including The Active Eye (1975); Witness to Change: Life in New Zealand - Photographs 1940–1965 (1985); up:date// The Active Eye (2000); 14 New Zealand Photographers (2008); PhotoForum at 40: Counterculture, Clusters, and Debate in New Zealand (2014), and most recently the PhotoForum Members’ Show of 2018.

Athol McCredie, Curator of Photography at Te Papa has just published a reflection on aspects of Gary’s work on the Te Papa Blog here.

Gary Blackman, Penguin, 1975. Published in The Active Eye, (1975) and PhotoForum at 40, Counterculture, Clusters, and Debate in New Zealand by Nina Seja, Rim Books (2014)

Gary Blackman, Children watching gorse fire, North East Valley, Dunedin, January 1952. Published in Witness to Change: Life in New Zealand - Photographs 1940–1965, Janet Bayly & Athol McCredie, PhotoForum/Wellington (1985). p. 14.

Gary Blackman, Iron Profile, Wellington, 2011, exhibited in the PhotoForum Members’ Show, Studio 541, Auckland, 2018.

Max Oettli, Gary Blackman, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, 2012

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