Acclaimed photographer Rob Tucker has died. Photo / supplied
Rob Tucker, a photographer whose career saw him drinking with the Queen, flying spying missions for Team NZ, snapping Keith Murdoch as he left the All Blacks in disgrace and flirting with supermodels, died today in New Plymouth.
Tucker, who was awarded a CNZM in the King’s Birthday Honours last week, was the inspiration behind last year’s auction of iconic New Zealand photographs that raised around $150,000 for the hospice movement.
The auction was supported with contributions from photographers all over the country and Tucker – his body wracked by the advanced stages of terminal cancer – was the driving force.
From his hospice chair, he conducted an orchestra of what he called the “brotherhood” to produce a staggering…
