Larence Shustak John Lee Hooker, Reeves Sound Studio, NYC 1960. Photograph. © Estate of L N Shustak
Larence Shustak Christchurch Sheep 1990. Photograph. © Estate of L N Shustak
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The anti-establishment photographer shooting from the hip yet recording the extraordinary.
Larence Shustak, a New York photographer who moved to Christchurch in 1973, is best known for his extraordinary portraits of jazz and blues greats such as Thelonious Monk and John Lee Hooker. He also photographed the street, both here in New Zealand and in the USA, shooting from the hip yet recording the extraordinary in the seemingly uneventful matters of everyday life. Shustak was an anti-establishment art provocateur – Larence Shustak: air gun? provides a fascinating insight into his photography with key examples from both his time in the USA and New Zealand.
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Date:
20 February – 6 June 2021 -
Curator:
Peter Vangioni, Stuart Page -
Exhibition number:
1114
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Larence Shustak
Welcome to the world of Larence Shustak—a rule-breaker and image-maker who came of age in the creative cauldron that was New York City in the 1950s. He used a camera as a paintbrush, documenting as well as creatively interpreting his subjects: street people and nudes. Old folks and children. Jazz legends.