Anna Jacoba (Ans) Westra CNZM was a pioneer of documentary photography, and one of the first women to work in this area in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Born in 1936 in Leiden, Netherlands, Ans immigrated to New Zealand in 1957 at the age of 21, eventually basing herself in Wellington.
Self-taught, Ans spent long periods of time traveling around the country as a full-time freelance documentary photographer committed to observing and candidly documenting New Zealand life and culture.
You can read a little here about her work and legacy
Thanks for posting this, we had not heard the news. Her photographs documented New Zealand through those years. I have a book of hers (in storage at the moment); an amazing body of work.
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Born in 1936 in Leiden, Netherlands, Ans immigrated to New Zealand in 1957 at the age of 21, eventually basing herself in Wellington.
Self-taught, Ans spent long periods of time traveling around the country as a full-time freelance documentary photographer committed to observing and candidly documenting New Zealand life and culture.
You can read a little here about her work and legacy
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/484904/acclaimed-documentary-photographer-ans-westra-dies
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/acclaimed-documentary-photographer-ans-westra-dies/H3SMPUELWNHQNPYNKFNIYWSGRE/
https://www.instagram.com/answestra/?hl=en