There Is Nowhere to Go, There Is Nothing to Do

"In Greta's images ordinary things radiate mystery, haloed by an ecstatic glow. Her pictures traverse eerie latitudes; they are brushed by the phantasmagoric; they pulse with a visceral brightness." At the Edge of a Dark Forest, David Eggleton

This book brings together a selection of photographs produced between 1997 and 2022 by Tamaki Makaurau based artist Greta Anderson, a prolific photographer, film maker and musician. For over a quarter century, Anderson has been capturing dramatic scenes in films and photographs that quietly reference intensely personal narratives. There Is Nowhere to Go, There Is Nothing to Do presents Anderson's works, covering genres as wide as portraits, still life, wild and domesticated landscape and suburban tableau. The book is curated and designed by New Public, offering a fresh juxtapositions of images from a wide range of series and one-off artist books Greta made over the decades, from the classic Stand-ins (2001), Uncomfortable Conversations (2005), Optimistic Tragedy (2008), to more recent No Hording (2021) and The Transcenders (2021).

"Spooky, beautiful, yet funny, Greta Anderson's photography transforms day into night, while invasive flora and domestic objects seem charged up in light by spiritual electricity.

Documentary and product photography meet surrealism in the Tamaki Makaurau artist's There is Nowhere to Go, There is Nothing to Do, an exhibition and book of images shot between 1997 and 2022." Culture 101 RNZ

The book features two newly commissioned essays by long-time friend and supporter of Greta's work, Hanna Scott, and esteemed poet laureate David Eggleton.