Against Hope and Life

In response to the opposition to Nuclear testing I cycled around the South of France  in 1995 armed with a twin lens camera, and a questionnaire asking everyday French citizens what they thought of the nuclear testing being carried out in the South Pacific.

I captured a range of people from city and rural towns, old to young, educated or otherwise, framed against their environments at point in their daily lives. Some responded with great passion and others with great ignorance.

This series serves as an historical portal to the opinion of a nation whose government chose to exercise unbridled power.

I was honoured to have the Rt Hon David Lange open the exhibition in June 1996 at The Gallery , Rugby Street Wellington.