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December 2, 2010
Another photographer in the Unnerved: The New Zealand Project exhibition at the Ian Potter Gallery in Melbourne was Fiona Pardington, who lives in Waiheke Island and works in analogue photography that is handprinted and toned.
Fiona Pardington,The Bellbird's Nest with 4 Eggs (Korimako) 200, Toned silver bromide fibre based print
Fiona Pardington has been photographing taonga (treasures in Māori) for over a decade. She searches for forgotten museum objects that were once cherished — such as hei tiki (neck ornaments) or taxidermied extinct animals — and deliberately re-presents them as portraits imbued with a sense of their past value.
Fiona Pardington, Greenstone heitiki 30187, Whareakeake - Murdering Beach, 2001
Work from this series was also shown in the exhibition:
Fiona Pardington, Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Kati Waewae, Sweet Kiwi, 2008, from the collection `Whanganui Museum'
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