Eric Lee-Johnson
Opo: The Hokianga Dolphin (#15)
Artwork Detail
No. 15 from a chronological series of 53 photographs.
Opononi holidaymakers, with snorkels and glistening white bathing caps, stand in the shallows transfixed as the young dolphin balances a ball on the tip of her nose. Eric Lee-Johnson stood in the water for hours to capture the perfect close-up shot. The result was his important photo-essay about a magical
phenomenon.
- Title
- Opo: The Hokianga Dolphin (#15)
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1955
- Medium
- gelatin silver print
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Elizabeth Lee-Johnson in memory of Eric Lee-Johnson, 1994
- Accession no
- 1994/45/15
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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