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Art and identity

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Art and identity

In the 1980s photographer Peter Black captured the face of former television quizmaster Selwyn Toogood on a television in a Wairarapa fish-and-chip shop. For over 30 years Peter Black has been one of New Zealand’s foremost documentary photographers, and his work provides a powerful record of the pace of everyday life.

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Peter Ireland, Photography – New directions, 1970s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1800/art-and-identity (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Ireland, published 3 March 2009.