The Terrible Boredom of Paradise / Derek Henderson

Photographs by Derek Henderson
Texts by Joseph Akel, Chris Corson-Scott, Edith Amituanai
Coming late 2025
Hardcover, 160 pages
ISBN 9781991154156

20th Anniversary Edition

In the tradition of Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld, Derek Henderson set out, in 2004, with a view camera and colour film to see what was really happening on the islands. A level of social critique is clearly played out, but resonant throughout the work is an abiding affection for how the people have made ‘paradise’ their own. Cars, houses, churches, street corners and long stretches of open road crop up over and over in these detail-rich, saturated colour images.

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Quote from Derek Henderson

“These photographs were taken over a 4-month period in 2004-2005. I was trying to recapture what I saw as a child in the backseat of my parents’ car when we went on holiday. Even though the car was moving fast, the car window seemed to frame, isolate and freeze these moments which have stayed with me more as emotions rather than as images.”

Derek Henderson

New Zealand born Derek Henderson (b. 1963) currently divides his time between Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. Aside from his innovative and distinct work in fashion photography, Henderson also exhibits work as part of his fine-arts practice both nationally and internationally.

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Edition

Book only, Book + print 1 (b&w, ed. 35), Book + print 2 (colour, ed. 35)