Black and White Portrait Photos

Black and White Portrait Photos

The images shared in this journal entry are from an ongoing personal project entitled: ‘Artist in Residence.’ The black and white portrait photos feature New Zealand artists working from their home-based studios. The imagery was captured over a decade ago. In addition, I intend to publish more photographs later in the month profiling each artist’s practice. Stay tuned for updates.

Black and White Portraits of Artists

In this blog post I’ve chosen a single portrait — my favourite — of the artist.

First up is – Letter Man – Joseph Churchward QSM (1932 – 2013)

Joseph is holding a photograph of himself taken at his studio in Apia, Samoa in 1994. During his distinguished career, he handcrafted more than 570 original typefaces.

Ian Clothier – Artist

In this environmental portrait, I captured Ian sitting on the museum floor at Puke Ariki. His expression shows he’s absorbed in the work of fine tuning the installation of ‘Haiku Robots.’ A summary of Ian’s Haiku Robots is available on his website and is worth a study to learn more about this fascinating project.

Freeman White – Painter

I caught up with Freeman at his studio in Wellington. He’s recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading portrait painters. Therefore, his work features in some public collections including the New Zealand Portrait Gallery.

Jon Hacon – Painter

Jon’s portrait work was featured in the Stratford Percy Thomson Gallery in 2010. Jon’s New Plymouth studio was based in a basement beneath his residence. However, he’s since relocated to Australia and living on the Gold Coast.

And, finally, introducing – Phil Jones – a.k.a SUSPECT

Phil’s portrait was taken at his home basement studio in New Plymouth – New Zealand. Phil’s studio floor is covered in used graffiti stencils with spray-painted edges with several artworks in progress.

For more of a documentary portrait storytelling style, you may enjoy this journal entry featuring family members during a cremation ceremony.