Portraits of New Zealand writers by Maja Moritz
We know most authors’ faces by those small, cropped rectangles on the back flap or back cover of their book. Here we present some of New Zealand’s best loved writers up large – including Eleanor Catton, Elizabeth Knox, Patricia Grace, Witi Ihimaera and more. Photographer Maja Moritz was tasked with capturing the writers who represented New Zealand at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, where New Zealand was guest of honour. She has brought these literary portraits together into an exhibition, 43 NZ Authors, and generously shared some of her portraits here.
Hinemoana Baker
Martin Baynton
Bernard Beckett
Jenny Bornholdt
Eleanor Catton
Michael Cooper
Joy Cowley
Kate De Goldi
Ken Duncum
Patricia Grace
Witi Ihimaera
Anna Jackson
Elizabeth Knox
Tina Makereti
Bill Manhire
Greg McGee
Carl Nixon
Emily Perkins
Chris Price
Harry Ricketts
Catherine Robertson
Robert Sullivan
Chad Taylor
Philip Temple
Maja Moritz has worked as a photojournalist for more than three decades, travelling the world to photograph top sporting events. Born in Germany, she has lived in New Zealand since 2004, where she now works as an art and portrait photographer and facilitates photography workshops and photo tours in New Zealand. In November 2013 she opened the Aotūroa Photo Art Gallery in Christchurch. For more information visit her website: www.majamoritz.com.
The 43 NZ Authors exhibition is on at the Aotūroa Photo Art Gallery at 141 Nayland Street, Sumner, Christchurch. The exhibition runs from 20 May to 29 June 2014. For further information visit: www.facebook.com/Aoturoaphotoart.
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