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Nora Leggs

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:38:37 +1200

And Gil Hanly snaps Marti Freidlander

Nora Leggs

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:33:38 +1200

Been up to Titirangi to see the Gary Baigent Exhibition. 20 photos from Eyes in a City, Rodney Charters Film Exercise and Robert Ellis’ great drawings.
There is still time, it’s on at Te Uru gallery next to Lopdell House till mid August.
This weekend there was a panel discussion…

Jonathan Ganley

Fri, 22 May 2015 21:04:06 +1200

Photos from Gary’s Unseen City book and more are going on show at Te Uru gallery in Titirangi, alongside a rare Rodney Charters film that features an unreleased LaDeDa’s soundtrack

Thanks for that Karen. Here's the link to the film on the Ngā Taonga site, including some commentary by Rodney…

Karen White

Thu, 21 May 2015 20:31:59 +1200

Photos from Gary's Unseen City book and more are going on show at Te Uru gallery in Titirangi, alongside a rare Rodney Charters film that features an unreleased LaDeDa's soundtrack
http://www.teuru.org.nz/index.cfm/whats-on/calendar/unseen-city/

Suzie Samuels

Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:11:12 +1200

Fantastic series of Kiwiana, love his work

Nora Leggs

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:29:57 +1200

Wondering which thread this picture belongs on....
could go on Autumn, it was taken in autumn....
but Eyes in a city seems more appropriate

this is the same building as the 'blinking eyes'
this time with mirror shades

Jonathan Ganley

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:46:18 +1300

There remains a rueful grubby sameness for early morning Aucklanders.
True. Take the train along the Western or Southern lines to see it. But some parts of twenty-first century Auckland – College Hill for example – may never look this grubby again. Photo from 1985.

Jonathan Ganley

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:45:02 +1300

Sad to note the passing of John Fields, another photographer of Auckland people and places in the 1960s and 1970s. Fields documented Auckland architecture in his 1971 book 'Victorian Auckland'. This book is worth seeking out, as so many buildings of that era are now gone. There are tributes by…

Alec Morgan

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:15:25 +1300

There remains a rueful grubby sameness for early morning Aucklanders. The refurbished public spaces demanded by modern town planning and apartment living bypass much of Baigent’s patch. Hand held technique may have been a school style of the time, e.g. Murray Cammicks later Queeen St classics, but still differentiate from…

Nora Leggs

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:01:37 +1300

I’d have loved to see a copy of this book

Request it from the library, though it looks like there is a bit of a queue now : )

Jackie Clark

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:45:30 +1300

I'd have loved to see a copy of this book. This is the Auckland of my childhood. Though I was brought up in Takapuna, and lived there until I was 18, in 1982, the central city and surrounds were a place I was much familiar with.

Jonathan Ganley

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:51:51 +1300

More contrast ... at Art In The Dark 2012.

Jonathan Ganley

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:25:45 +1300

This building (now housing The Corner Store bar)

Nora Leggs

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:53:19 +1300

Would love to see the book re-printed ……

This building (now housing The Corner Store bar) features in the book as the Kozy dairy, stationer and dry cleaning, with a hoisery and underwear shop next door. Tho I think the sportscar parked outside may have been the main event….

BenWilson

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:42:18 +1300

Clive Wilson the artist? My second cousin. He lived next door in St Mary's Bay when I was a small child. I think he's more into photography now.

Nora Leggs

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:48:08 +1300

Seems this one could fit here too...

heading for Laneway

Nora Leggs

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:23:04 +1300

You could call this one Newton.... top of Mt Eden Road

JacksonP

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:46:33 +1300

That shot’s a ripper Jonathan.

Here’s one of the path to the walk bridge.

And the Broadway Diner around the same time as yours.

Jonathan Ganley

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:20:51 +1300

photos of Auckland I had taken, mostly between 1985 – 1989
The Newmarket Railway Station building looking decrepit in 1988. At the time I was aware of Gary’s work but hadn’t yet seen the The Unseen City, or his photo of the station and tracks that we feature in the…

JacksonP

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +1300

The steeple on the skyline must be St Stephens church, on the corner of Shelly Beach Rd and Jervois Rd.

That's freaky. Just did the Street View, and definitely the school rooftops. Well spotted Myles. I did a screen grab, but then thought might not be wise to repost GMaps.…

Jonathan Ganley

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:27:28 +1300

Thanks for that Myles – I had real trouble reconciling those buildings and that scene with anywhere in Newton, but looking at Pompallier Tce on street view, and seeing the wall and those distinctive roofs, it all makes sense. The steeple on the skyline must be St Stephens church, on…

Myles Thomas

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:13:21 +1300

The pic of the stationwagon in the rain, says it is in Newton but I'm pretty sure it is Ponsonby Intermediate from Pompallier Terrace. It's not that I'm a savant or anything (or even really care) but I was riding past there today and noticed the unusual shape of the…

Lilith __

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:13:17 +1300

A sense of plaice, by a snapper

Started scanning them, for the halibut

This must be cod for something? ;-)

JacksonP

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:59:44 +1300

When I got The Unseen City off Trademe recently, it made me look back at the b&w photos of Auckland I had taken, mostly between 1985 – 1989. Started scanning them, for the halibut.

Russell Brown

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:46:04 +1300

On the above, I think you could embed using iframe tags in the main post, but not in comments.

There is a growing number of embeddable videos on NZ On Screen, and embed code is provided for all those. Unfortunately, they do not include any video licensed from TVNZ ...

Russell Brown

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:41:11 +1300

There is also a short film made for television in 1967, about Gary and his photographs. It's in the TVNZ archive but isn't online. Perhaps NZ On Screen might like to check it out?

Hell yes. Thanks for the tip.

Chris Waugh

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:32:56 +1300

the Christian Spiritualist one has an extra something

Yes, me too. Hard to say what, but the sign seems so appropriate for what's going on behind it.

ChrisW

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:36:18 +1300

Every one a gem, but for me, the Christian Spiritualist one has an extra something. Especially after following the link to the Te Papa collection (thanks) and find they too have it, though oddly a different print with variant name and substantially more tightly cropped. With a thumbnail bringing out…

JacksonP

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:16:57 +1300

Great Jonathan. This has been a real labour of love, and I'm stoked to have it on Capture.

On the above, I think you could embed using iframe tags in the main post, but not in comments. Just as well to have it as a link I reckon. People can,…

Jonathan Ganley

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:03:37 +1300

"This Auckland" – a National Film Unit film from 1967 – was recently posted in the NZ on Screen Auckland collection, and puts you right in that time. I don't think it will embed but here's the link.

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/this-auckland-1967

There is also a short film made for television in 1967,…

Sophie G

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:55:19 +1300

It's well worth checking out the book in the library...

Lilith __

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:19:24 +1300

Wow, great shots. I particularly like the last one.

Public Address

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:19:23 +1300

Discussion from blog post.