Catherine Woulfe reviews Mark Adams: A survey — He kohinga whakaahua for NZ Geographic:
‘Mark Adams was always, in his words, “the white boy in the room”. And he always knew it.
Now in his mid 70s, the photographer is best known for the decades he spent documenting the practice of traditional Samoan tatau, especially the artist Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo II. These are images that feel like invitations—not just to the tap-tap of the hammer, to the ink and the blood, but to the rooms themselves, to the homes, bright with mats and lavalava and friends. Look at these photos for longer, though, and a discomfort might edge in to stand beside you. Is this a moment you were meant to see?’
Read the rest of the review here.
