5 Jun 2022

Photographing the America's Cup on a 110-year-old camera

From Standing Room Only, 12:30 pm on 5 June 2022

Using a 110-year-old Auto Graflex camera, press photographer Geoff Dale has photographed one of the most high tech sports there is - the super yachts of the America's cup.

He set out on  the Waitematā Harbour last year, amongst peers with bigger, newer, flasher cameras.

Geoff Dale speaks with Lynn Freeman about his exhibition Light on the Water, hosted by the New Zealand Maritime Museum on the Auckland viaduct.

On Wednesday, June 8th, Dale will join another New Zealand media stalwart, Peter Montgomery, to discuss his project and the wider world of yacht racing, as part of a public talk. This is a free event but spaces are limited and bookings are required. 

Light on the Water opens Friday, 3 June and runs until Tuesday, 4 October. Admission is free with museum entry.   

Photographer Geoff Dale, and Light on the Water is on at the New Zealand Maritime Museum at Auckland's Viaduct Harbour.