Dr Fiona Pardington is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated photographers.
Her new book, A Beautiful Hesitation (VUP), is published in tandem with the largest exhibition of her work to date, currently showing at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (until 19 June).
Fiona Pardington with Oyster (Araucana Cockerel), 2015, by Akura Pardington
A Beautiful Hesitation, book cover, by Fiona Pardington
Fiona Pardington: Ake Ake Huia, 2004. With thanks to Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
Fiona Pardington: Still Life with Young Kahu, Hag Stone and Paper Nautilus, Ripiro Beach, 2014
Fiona Pardington: Waterlilies, Dragon Fruit
Fiona Pardington: Sex of Metals I, 1989
Fiona Pardington: Heartsick,1994
Fiona Pardington: Taniwha, 1995, Collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
She talks to Colin Peacock about her career and the things that have inspired her work.
