Photography exhibition - Lives of Auckland's silent nuns

Photography exhibition – Lives of Auckland’s silent nuns

Thursday, December 14th, 2017

When an Auckland photographer was offered a rare glimpse into the secretive world of a silent monastery, he didn’t expect the silent nuns to be as chatty as they were.

Canadian-born, Cam McLaren spent six months documenting the lives of the contemplative nuns based at Mt Albert’s Carmelite Monastery earlier this year. Continue reading

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