Viewing Album: Thames and Coromandel

John Fields was the first recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grant for photography, in 1975, for his study of the goldfield town of Thames, New Zealand. Here is just a small sample of the many hundreds of photographs he took for his exhaustive documentary study.

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Anchors near Clevedon 1973

Boat near Miranda, Coromandel 1973. Te Papa

Brian Boru Hotel 1973

Fields was among the first the New Zealand recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grant for photography, in 1975, of the goldfield town of Thames, New Zealand. The Brian Boru Hotel was a hub in the community and the photographs taken there form a microcosm of 1970s NZ life .

Brian Boru Hotel, Thames. Collection Te Papa

Guard platform - train controls 1973 Te Aroha. Collection Te Papa.

Mining gear Thames 1975