May 18, 2013
Ian Macdonald graduated from Elam, Auckland in 1975 majoring in photography. He has exhibited and been published consistently since and is known for his photography on New Zealand environmental issues. He ran Real Pictures Gallery during the 1980s and more recently the Matakana Pictures Gallery.
Ian Macdonald Whale Stranding at Muriwai Beach No.21, C-type photograph, 1975
He works commercially as a photographer most recently as the stills photographer for the BBC Science Department.
Real Pictures Gallery was an Auckland based dealer gallery established and run by Ian MacDonald, which operated from 1979 until 1990. It was almost exclusively dedicated to the exhibiting of New Zealand photography. Matakana Pictures Gallery -was one of New Zealand's three specialist photography galleries. It ran as a dedicated photography gallery for a year before closing in 2006.
Macdonald is known for his tree studies
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