Mrs Goodson and Opo

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Title

Mrs Goodson and Opo

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Te Papa Collections Online

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In the summer of 1955–56, the small Hokianga Harbour town of Opononi was made briefly famous by a playful and curious bottlenose dolphin named Opo. The painter and photographer Eric Lee-Johnson, who lived in the area, often visited the sleepy harbourside settlement to photograph Opo and the people who flocked to see and play with her. The fast-moving dolphin was a challenge for even a skilled photographer like Lee-Johnson, who observed that ‘more film is being wasted at Opononi each day by vi...

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Image

Date created

February 1956

Creator

Eric Lee-Johnson

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/358373

Related subjects

Dolphins / Opo (Dolphin) / Seas / Swimmers / Swimming / Women / Northland (New Zealand) / silver / photographic gelatin / photographic paper / gelatin silver prints / black-and-white prints / photographic prints / black-and-white photography / Teachers / Northland

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