item details
NameCake for King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (cake represents church demolished to make way for new church, Grey Lynn)
ProductionGlenn Jowitt; photographer; 1993; Auckland
Classificationcolour photographs, silver-dye bleach prints, colour prints, works of art
Materialsdye, photographic gelatin, resin-coated paper
Materials Summarycolour photograph, Ilfochrome print
Techniquescolour photography, silver-dye bleach process
DimensionsImage: 317mm (width), 475mm (height)
Registration NumberO.027954
Credit linePurchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Glenn Jowitt was covering the King of Tonga’s dedication of Vaine Mo‘onia, a new church in Auckland, when he got chatting to ‘a chap called Kalifi’. The man told him that his wife had made a beautiful cake for the church. Jowitt recalled:
‘So he and I jumped in the car and went over to his house. This was a to-scale model of the church that they were knocking down, made in fruitcake with marzipan icing! I was just so knocked out to find this thing. It was just so beautiful!’
Listen to photographer Glenn Jowitt describe taking the photograph Cake for King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (cake represents church demolished to make way for new church, Grey Lynn) in this 2012 interview.