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Protesters gather under the Hamilton banner at Fowlds Park
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of a tightly packed crowd of anti-Springbok tour protesters assembling before the march. Protesters are holding a large banner reading "Hamilton", one protester is holding a wooden cross.
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- Title: Protesters gather under the Hamilton banner at Fowlds Park
- Creator: John Mercer
- Creator Lifespan: b. 1949
- Creator Nationality: New Zealander
- Creator Birth Place: New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Date Created: September 12, 1981
- Location: Auckland (N.Z.)
- Physical Dimensions: 35 mm frame
- Subject Keywords: Protest movements--New Zealand, Springbok Tour (1981 : New Zealand), Protest movements., Anti-apartheid activists, Rugby football--Political aspects--New Zealand
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: Note provided by John Mercer June-July 2021:;"Thirty plus years on I am having trouble remembering how I got to Auckland from Hamilton and how I got to Fowlds Park – probably on a bus the day earlier, overnighting with friends/contacts and getting a ride to the Park (no idea of how to get there on my own);I arrived without a plan – just intent and attitude – and no knowledge of the organisers’ plans for the day. This may have been to my benefit in knowing where to be to get great iconic photos or whether serendipity placed me at key events anyway. There was a lot going on all over the place regardless.;I adopted documentary mode – anything and everything is photographable, shoot first, tell stories later. Now, much much later, viewing my photographs retrospectively I am still able to recognise people in the crowds that I didn't discern while I was engaged in photographing the events, people and action on the day."
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