Patrick Reynolds

Say Yes
8 - 12 June 2010
Preview: Tuesday 8th June, 6 - 9 pm

With this work my interest is in exploring the possibilities of the contemporary photographic medium without any preconceived limit to its expressiveness. I have set out to see what the new technology is able to offer aesthetically, perhaps even wants to achieve, when liberated from any need to conform to the usual expectations of veracity.

As this is a self-imposed programme of delimitation, of lightness, and of abandonment, the choice of the sexual other as immediate subject feels right. Fixing this search for the fresh within an enquiry so traditional also offers an anchor to the formal exploration. And conversely, brings a new look at an old compulsion.

Isnt photography always about looking out in order to look within?

"I arrange myself, not the world" - Diane Arbus
"I knew you'd find me, cause I longed you here" - Nick Cave

Patricks Reynolds (artist statement June 2010)

You can also read writer Maria Majsa's Say Yes in paralell to the exhibition here. Grosse

The preview of Say Yes is part of Gravity Festival Tuesday, a signature event of the Auckland Photography Festival. On the 8th June you can enjoy ten photography exhibitions at nine galleries on the Gravity Festival Circuit, in Auckland City. Between 6 and 9 pm you can enjoy being transported between the participating galleries in the luxury of a brand new car - for free! Check out their website for details.

The Auckland Art Precinct is also celebrating the Auckland Festival of Photography with Art PM on 8th June, during which all galleries in the Art Precinct will be open late on Tuesday and serving boutique wine from &Co wines. The Art Precinct galleries also have a limited number of parking vouchers which can be redeemed at the Victoria Street Carpark. With a voucher parking for Art PM will only cost you $4 per vehicle.

Say Yes concludes 3 x 1 a series of three week-long exhibitions at Gow Langsford Gallery.

Wine sponsored by &Co Sponsored by Canon