This large scale (10 metres by 5.5 metres) exhibition of photographs by Peter James Quinn documents life along Auckland's Great South Road.

The images were produced while Quinn photographed on contract for New Zealand Geographic magazine and featured in issue 61 of the magazine, along with an essay by Auckland historian Vaughan Yarwood.

This exhibition showcases an iconic landmark and important piece of Auckland's history, its diversity of ethnic cultures and helps put more documentary photography on view for the city's population to appreciate.

Admission to view the exhibition is free and school resource material will be available.

Peter James Quinn
Born Te Aroha, N.Z. 1964

Following graduation from the Wellington Polytechnic School of Design in 1989, photographer Peter James Quinn was commissioned to photograph the book Staunch - Inside New Zealand's Gangs (Reed 1991, 1996 & 1997) with the writer, Bill Payne (b.1952-2005).

Over the following decade he worked as a contract-photographer for New Zealand Geographic magazine, while contributing both photography and writing to many other New Zealand and international publications. He has also undertaken commercial photographic assignments for a number of New Zealand ’s largest companies, including Fletcher Paper and Solid Energy.

His accolades include being short-listed for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards Illustrative Arts Category for his second book Highway 35 - Travels around East Cape (NZ Geographic/Reed 1998); a finalist in the 1997 Travcom Travel Photographer of the Year Awards; and in 2002 he was the Epson N.Z. Professional Photography Awards Winner in the Corporate/Editorial Category.

Peter has been the recipient of Queen Elizabeth II and Creative New Zealand grants to support the making and exhibition of several of his longer-term photographic projects, and his images toured the country over 5 years as part of the New Zealand Geographic "On Location" exhibition.

Peter’s photographs from Inside the Gangs were exhibited at the Police & Justice Museum , Sydney , Australia , and are now part of the permanent collection of Te Papa Tongarewa - The Museum of New Zealand. He is currently preparing exhibitions for the TelstraClear Pacific Centre; the Edge/Aotea Centre; and recently contributed images to the Toanga Maori exhibition, curated by Te Papa, for the Tokyo Museum .

To view Peter’s images visit his online photography gallery, www.newzealandimages.co.nz.