Private Journeys / Public Signposts turns the camera on photographer Ans Westra. Dutch emigree Westra has captured iconic images of New Zealanders since the late 1950s, expressively observing Aotearoa societal changes, particularly Māori urban drift. This film explores her remarkable life and work, and includes commentary from family and friends, fellow photographers, and colleagues, as well as discussion of the Washday at the Pa controversy. Luit Bieringa, curator of Westra's retrospective photo exhibition, directed the film, his first.
BMX Productions
Directed by Luit Bieringa, Private Journeys / Public Signposts was made in the wake of the 2004 retrospective exhibition of Westra's work he curated, HandBoek: Ans Westra Photographs. But the film stands alone in its ...
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photographer, documentary photography, te ao hou, maori women's welfare league, hone tuwhare, bieringa
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