Press Release – University of Canterbury A project that created 1,500 images, taken by University of Canterbury student photographers over five years, has resulted in a new exhibition that captures and celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary. We Stand here: Celebrating Five years of the Christchurch …
A project that created 1,500 images, taken by University of Canterbury student photographers over five years, has resulted in a new exhibition that captures and celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary.
We Stand here: Celebrating Five years of the Christchurch Documentary Project opens at Tūranga on Friday 9 July. The exhibition offers a window into the people and environments of Ōtautahi Christchurch during a period of rapid change and post-earthquake recovery, from 2014 to 2019.
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 10:27 am
A project that created 1,500 images, taken by University
of Canterbury student photographers over five years, has
resulted in a new exhibition that captures and celebrates
the extraordinary in the ordinary.
We
Stand here: Celebrating Five years of the Christchurch
Documentary Project opens at Tūranga on Friday 9
July. The exhibition offers a window into the people and
environments of Ōtautahi Christchurch during a period of
rapid change and post-earthquake recovery, from 2014 to
2019.
The exhibition curator and Director of the
Place in Time: Christchurch Documentary Project,
University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer in Photography Tim
Veling, says the selection was chosen to showcase often
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