Ans Westra : A Life in Photography
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Author:MOON Paul
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ISBN:9781991016775
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Publication Date:May 2024
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Pages:328
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Binding:Hardback
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Publisher:Massey University Press
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Country of Publication:New Zealand
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A woman driven to photograph
In a career that spanned six decades, the Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra (19362023) made it her lifes work to capture the growth of a nation through hundreds of thousands of images. Her photographiccatalogue is now widely thought of as a photo album of Aotearoa New Zealand.
This richly illustrated biography interrogates her remarkable and at times controversial practice, and a life that always put photography first.
A woman driven to photograph
In a career that spanned six decades, the Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra (19362023) made it her lifes work to capture the growth of a nation through hundreds of thousands of images. Her photographiccatalogue is now widely thought of as a photo album of Aotearoa New Zealand.
This richly illustrated biography interrogates her remarkable and at times controversial practice, and a life that always put photography first.