NERAM is busily preparing for the first exhibitions of its 2020 program, opening 6pm Friday February 7, including one by former local John Fields (1938-2013).
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The exhibition, Glimpses of New England, showcases 20 black and white vintage photographs by Fields of the New England region, and features portraits, landscapes, architecture and subtle details.
John kept a register of his personal work, detailing the subjects, locations and dates of the photographs, as well as which camera he was using.
However, a few images in the exhibition are proving hard to identify. NERAM would love the help of the community to try and identify these photographs.
Do you know this fine fellow? It was probably taken in North Guyra (clue: the sack of potatoes).
Do you know where this is? We think they are shearers' quarters, but we could be wrong!
This one is trickier! It's obviously mechanical, but what?? John Fields did some photography at Phoenix Foundry in Uralla, so possibly it was taken there.
The American-born photographer trained as a documentary filmmaker and photographer after serving in the US Navy, and moved to New Zealand in the mid-1960s where he worked as a specialist electron microscope photographer at Auckland University.
In 1966 he married Australian singer Patricia Hazelton (stage name Kerry Bryant), and they became entrenched in the cultural scene in New Zealand where Fields became a leading photographer.
In 1976 the family moved to Sydney where Fields worked at the Australian Museum as a photographer and continued with his own practice.
In the 1980s, the family moved to Armidale where he worked as a photographer for UNE until his retirement.
Fields also taught photography at Armidale TAFE and was an active member of Toastmasters.
John and Patricia later moved to Guyra where he lived until he died in 2013.
Anyone with information about these images is encouraged to contact NERAM's curator, Belinda Hungerford, via email exhibitions@neram.com.au or call the art museum on 6772 5255.
