Tuvaluan and Tokelauan wedding, Nafamia Samoan Methodist Church, Auckland. Marriage of Makulu Siliga (bride) and Luka Tetau (groom)

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Title

Tuvaluan and Tokelauan wedding, Nafamia Samoan Methodist Church, Auckland. Marriage of Makulu Siliga (bride) and Luka Tetau (groom)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This wedding began in a formal, Christian manner, with bride and groom dressed in conventional Western outfits. Now man and wife, they have put on Pacific costumes for the customary dancing. Glenn Jowitt generally worked in a documentary style, operating as if he were an invisible observer. This image offers an exception – the subjects look directly at him, at the camera. The warmth of the picture gives an insight into the close connection that Jowitt felt with many of the Pacific people he p...

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Date created

2000

Creator

Glenn Jowitt

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1224352

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people / Weddings / Couples / Auckland (New Zealand) / Tokelauan / Tuvaluan / ink / paper / colour photographs / inkjet prints / works of art / documentary photographs / portraits / colour photography / Contemporary / Auckland

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