Geoffrey Notman

Although we don’t see human figures in Geoffrey Notman’s pictures, the V8s, caravans, Landrovers and backyard-built boats that furnish his scenes tell us that the gas-guzzling Kiwi family is about. More often than not they are at the beach or close to water. Kawhia is a fairly remote fishing settlement on a tidal harbour: a mix of permanent housing and pleasingly shabby holiday baches. Notman’s project is to record this kind of everyman’s beachscape that he grew up with and cherished, before it disappears.