Photographer at home on wild west coast

May 2022

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Usual Spot by Olaf Petersen shows Te Henga/Bethells Beach in 1968.
Auckland’s west coast is front and centre in a new exhibition celebrating the work of photographer Olaf Petersen (1915-94). “Petersen found inspiration all over the country, but of course his local favourites occur frequently in his work,” said Shaun Higgins, pictorial curator at Auckland War Memorial Museum. The favourites included Te Henga/Bethells Beach, near Swanson, […]
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