Photojournalist ‘brotherhood’ answers call to create charity auction of some of country’s most memorable images
King Korokī being carried up the sacred Mt Taupiri
They are some of the country’s most storied photographs, depicting influential moments and people in the past 50 years of The Photojournalism New Zealand charity auction was conjured up by Taranaki-based Rob Tucker, a photojournalist for 52 years, and the former illustrations editor at the NZ Herald. Hoping to raise money for Hospice Taranaki, he also enabled a rare coming-together of photojournalists and their work.
“They tend to be very competitive. On the job [they] wouldn’t speak to each other, or would try and outdo each other … nothing ever glued us all together.Photograph: Rob Tucker“In the end, it was getting out of hand,” he said. The auction, on 24 September, raised more than $175,000, but orders for the copies of the catalogue are still rolling in.