Overview
Glenn Jowitt was born in 1955 in Upper Hutt, Wellington. He graduated with a degree in graphic design and photography from Canterbury University, Christchurch, in 1978. During the 1980s Jowitt went on to achieve international prominence through his photographic work with the Pacific community.
His publication of Images Pacifiques/Pacific Images - a book recording the cultural practices across the Islands - in 1983, went on to be exhibited and published in Auckland as well as Paris. Through his photography Jowitt recorded the important and culturally-valuable traditions of nose piercing ceremonies in Niue, the haircutting ceremonies of the Cook Islands, as well as post-colonial activities like cricket and going to church across the Pacific.
The photographs which formed part of the Images Pacifiques are now currently on show at the Pah Homestead from June 10 until August 3. These images are featured alongside more recent works by the artist, who continues to document the changing circumstances and lifestyles of Pacific Island people, in Auckland and elsewhere in the Pacific.
On Friday, June 20 at 1:30pm Jowitt will be giving a talk about this exhibition.