Peter Black
Leslie and Diana Camera, 1979
Artwork Detail
Mark Amery suggests that this photograph records a ‘camera-slingers duel’, when two photographers face-off to see who is quickest on the draw to take the other’s photo. The image captures those moments of hilarity shared between friends when laughter overtakes all.
The Diana camera referred to in the title was a cheap apparatus, which despite (and indeed, because of) its numerous faults was much loved by photographers in the 1970s. (Intimate Portraits, 2005)
- Title
- Leslie and Diana Camera, 1979
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1979
- Medium
- selenium-toned gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 155 x 155 mm
- Inscription
- (verso, pencil) Peter Black. Leslie and Diane Camera 79.
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
- Accession no
- 1981/4/7
- Other ID
- 1981/4/7/A
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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