Despite stormy weather the opening of 'Collecting Photographers' was well attended by a 340 people. Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast addressed the guests. The event marks the first combined effort with the New Zealand Portrait Gallery who are showing The Hocken Collections' 'Portraits of Artists'.
The official opening of 'Collecting Photographers' was at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 11 July 2007. After a brief introduction by the Chair of Shed 11 Ltd CEO of Deloitte, Murray Jack, Wellington's Mayor Kerry Prendergast opened the inaugural exhibition. Kerry Prendergast reminded the assembled that the success of Shed 11 lay in the hands of the patrons and lovers of art and photography.
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