Meet Me in the Square: Christchurch 1983-1987
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Meet Me in the Square: Christchurch 1983-1987
By (Author) David Cook
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
5th December 2014
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Individual photographers
Places in old photographs
Physical Properties
Hardback
180
Width 210mm, Height 275mm
Description
After the earthquake of 22 February 2011, photographer David Cook returned to his former hometown and found the central city irreparably damaged. He was inspired to unearth his archive of 6000 photographs of the city he'd shot as a young man in his twenties, rebuilding through images the city as he remembered it. Cathedral Square, Centennial Pool, Lancaster Park, schoolboys, punks, nuns - this beautifully designed book of photographs of 1980s Christchurch is a moving, nostalgic journey through the city we'll never see again.
Author Bio
David Cook lectures in photography at Massey University's College of Creative Arts. His book, Lake of Coal (Craig Potton, 2007) was a finalist in the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. www.davidcook.co.nz
