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NameAuckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, Manukau City. Samoan performers, Avondale College
ProductionGlenn Jowitt; photographer; 2001; Manukau
Classificationcolour photographs, inkjet prints, works of art, documentary photographs
Materialsink, paper
Materials Summarycolour photograph, inkjet print
Techniquescolour photography
DimensionsImage: 479mm (width), 324mm (height)
Registration NumberO.041136
Credit linePurchased 2012
Overview
‘I have been endeavouring to take photographs that express total beauty … I am looking for culture at its perfection, where something flows … and I catch it at its most complete and expressive .’
Here, lead dancers play off against each other with typical Samoan exuberance at the annual Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival (now ASB Polyfest).
Glenn Jowitt loved photographing Pacific festivals for their colour, energy, and cultural richness. He almost certainly covered more of them than any other photographer.