Renowned NZ photographer Bruce Connew spent a year photographing activities in and around a public car park near his house, and the results go on display at Mary Newton Gallery from 18 July. "I peered in on people's lives," says Connew, "sneaked up on their susceptibilities as they busied themselves mostly in ordinary ways, minding their own business, when they could reasonably expect no one to be watching - private moments in a public space. Then I took away some of their identity and shuffled them together."Renowned NZ photographer Bruce Connew spent a year photographing activities in and around a public car park near his house, and the results go on display at Mary Newton Gallery from 18 July. "I peered in on people's lives," says Connew, "sneaked up on their susceptibilities as they busied themselves mostly in ordinary ways, minding their own business, when they could reasonably expect no one to be watching - private moments in a public space. Then I took away some of their identity and shuffled them together.""Surveillance is routine nowadays. It's everywhere. We've come to expect it; we've even come to embrace it. It promises social order. It makes us feel safer."

The exhibition, I Saw You is comprised of 52 photographs and is accompanied by a concertina book and a short film.

When: 18 July - 11 August 2007
Where: Mary Newton Gallery, 150 Vivian Street, Wellington

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