Whanganui, New Zealand, December 2012: A rural Maori chapel and burial ground near Wanganui…
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In Gaol
Mount Crawford Prison, Wellington, NZ, Nov 2012: Mount Crawford (or Wellington prison) was closed in mid November 2012 after 85 years of operation. The jail on Miramar Peninsula was built by prisoners themselves in 1927, using concrete blocks made with sand from Wellington’s South Coast. The weekend after the closure, the Department of Corrections opened the doors to the public for a rare opportunity to view the macabre and historic features of one New Zealand’s oldest and most notorious prisons. I arrived just as the last public were allowed access, so found the place virtually void of life. I didn’t hang around long in case I was inadvertently locked in forever… There’s an interesting video here.
Undisclosed #4
Wellington, New Zealand, Nov 2012.
Auction
Wellington, NZ, Dec 2012: I’ve donated this framed print, a one off monochrome version of “Solo”, for the Phil Jacobs Benefit Auction. As is the way, it looks a lot more impressive in print format (C-type) and framed. It could be yours if you bid for it on New Zealand’s version of Ebay. It would make a great, if belated Christmas present… Click this link to go direct to the auction…
I’ve known Phil for a number of years, he lives literally around the corner from me… He’s always been generous with his time, combining his incredible technical ability, with an infectious sense of humour. He’s helped me out on a number of occassion’s, one time fixing a Rolleiflex I had with a sticky shutter. Ten minutes later it was fixed – no charge…
“For more than thirty years Phil Jacobs has been Wellington’s pre-eminent camera repair technician. Almost every photographer who has worked in this city will have used his services at some time or another, and in an indirect but important way he has made a significant contribution to photography as an art form, a business, and a means of personal and social expression. Sadly, Phil is now seriously ill. He has had to cease work and we understand that his life expectancy is limited. This has put him and his family under major financial pressure.
As a benefit for Phil and his family we have organised a photography auction—both a live event that took place on Fri 30 November, and this on-line auction for which we have received generous support from TradeMe.
We have a large number of generously donated photographs. In bidding—and buying!—you will be supporting someone who in his own way has played an important part in our creative and professional lives over several decades.”
Thank you
James Gilberd, Mark Beehre, John Williams
The Bunker
Kau Point, Miramar Peninsular, Wellington NZ, Nov 2012: In a hole in the ground there lived a… bunker… Returned to Kau Point recently- a year after we had finally located this former hidden battery bunker. It had changed alot- the first time it had felt we were on a horror “found-footage movie set… (see here). Someone had cut rough steps in the entrance way, put various party props and tables in the rooms- plus there was the detrius of many empty bottles and rubbish. There was even a hand basin and camp shower set up… Someone had obviously thrown a party here- a rave! A great location for one, up on a hill in a forest miles away from anyone. Certainly no chance of noise complaints… They had gone to great lengths to set this up- hauling all the equipment up the hill, including generators… It must have been one hell of a night…
