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Portraits 1984-85

Portraits 1984-85

Kevin Capon

Sanderson Contemporary

2 Kent Street, Newmarket, Auckland

12 June - 1 July 2018

Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography

Tony Fomison, 1984, silver gelatin contact prints, edition of 6, 200mm x 255mm

"This is a small selection of works from a wider body of forty photographic portraits that Kevin Capon shot throughout 1984-85. The black and white portraits captured prominent figures within the arts at the time, a snapshot of New Zealand’s creative face of the time".

Read an essay about the series by John B. Turner in the current issue (#166) of Art New Zealand