Darcy Lange

Darcy Bruce Espie Lange (22 September 1946 – 8 August 2005) was a New Zealand artist born in Urenui. Lange studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts(1964–1967) creating hard-edge abstract sculptures before studying at the Royal College of Art in London and shifting his focus to moving image and photography.

Lange began in 1971 filming and videotaping under the general theme of “people at work” in factories, mines, and schools and throughout the 1970s continued documenting working life in Britain, New Zealand and Spain. He died in Auckland in 2005.