Ans Westra - A life in photography Paul Moon Massey University Press May, 2024 Hardback, 328 pages ISBN: 9781991016775 RRP $49.99 Book launch: {Suite} Gallery Ponsonby Friday 10th May from 6pm In a career that spanned six decades, the Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra (1936–2023) made it her life’s work to capture the growth of a nation through hundreds of thousands of images. Her photographic catalogue is now widely thought of as a photo album of Aotearoa New Zealand. This richly illustrated biography interrogates her remarkable — and at times controversial — practice, and a life th ..read more

Russ Flatt - Survey Russ Flatt Tim Melville Gallery 4 Winchester St, Newton, Auckland 01 - 25 May 2024 Opening Wednesday 01 May 6:00PM Russ Flatt.  Bicycle, 2010  After returning to Aotearoa New Zealand from New York, where he had been working as a fashion photographer, Russ Flatt (Ngāti Kahungunu) completed a PGDip FA at Auckland University’s Elam School of Fine Arts. He graduated in 2013 having won the University’s Post-graduate Photography Prize. Flatt’s work addresses notions of identity and belonging - including queer and Māori identities – and his early works evoke a re-imagin ..read more

Behind the Counter: Wellington Shopkeepers Hamish Thompson Thistle Hall Gallery293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington 22 - 28 April 2024 Profiled on The Spinoff, 27 April 2024 https://www.hamishthompson.co.nz/ https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/27-04-2024/behind-the-counter-wellington-shopkeepers   ..read more

Manu Kōingo – Birds of Yearning Jae Frew Parnell Gallery 263 Parnell Rd Parnell, Auckland 04 - 21 April 2024 Jae Frew, Kiwi No.4 Through his collection of photographic portraits in Manu Kōingo – Birds of Yearning, Frew pays tribute to New Zealand’s extinct and endangered native wildlife, bringing together his in-depth knowledge of portraiture with a lifelong interest in birds, and fervour for creating objects with wood. Frew was granted access to collections and specimens held within institutions such as Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, spending hours observing his subject from every ..read more

Legacy (portraits of the greats) Jon Carapiet Published by Rim Books, April 2024 32 pages, colour, 20.3 x 27.7 cm, soft cover ISBN 978-0-473-70755-2 RRP - $40 Book Launch: Saturday, 27 April, 2024 - 1.00pm Studio One Toi Tū 1, Ponsonby Rd, Auckland This set of unique AI portraits will be launched to coincide with the f-stop photo fair and zinefest. https://www.aucklandzinefest.com/ View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Each of these photographs is a still from a movie. A moment in time is captured from AI-reanimated sequences which have brought the subjects to life. Lega ..read more

Through Water Lara Gilks, Rich Thurston, Christina Little Twentysix 26 Constable Street, Wellington 17 - 28 April 2024 Opening Wednesday 17 April from 5pm View fullsize Lara Gilks View fullsize Rich Thurston View fullsize Christina Little Three local Pōneke artist photographers Lara Gilks, Rich Thurston and Christina Little combine their talents to present Through Water, an exhibition of captivating photographic artworks full of intrigue, presence, and beauty connected Through Water. Working in the medium of photography across a variety of subject matter the artists use water and light as t ..read more

Hei whakahamara Ans Westra {Suite} Ponsonby 189 Ponsonby Road, Auckland 15 Aril- 25 May 2024 Ans Westra, Saleyards, Lorneville, Southland, 1970 One year after her passing, Ans Westra's influence on the New Zealand art scene is stronger than ever. Renowned for her six-decade career as an iconic photographer, Westra amassed the most comprehensive visual documentation of life in Aotearoa.   {Suite} Gallery will showcase 35 new prints of black and white images from the early 1960s to the 1980s. Among the new photos are scenes from events at Ngāruawāhia, the Lorneville saleyards, a ..read more

Johnsonville in the 1960s - vintage prints John B. Turner Photospace Gallery 1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington 13 April - 4 May 2024 Opening Saturday 13 April, 11.30am to 2pm John B Turner is an editor, publisher, writer and educator in the field of photography, as well as a photographer in his own right, although he has unselfishly put most of his energy into promoting other photographers work. He was highly influential in the development of contemporary New Zealand photography from the late 1960s through to the 1980s, and, despite relocating to Beijing a decade ago, he remains close ..read more

f.stop Photo Fair Studio One Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road, Auckland Saturday, 27 April 2024, 12 - 6pm https://www.aucklandzinefest.com/events/f-stop-photo-fair A day of talks; activities; stalls selling photo zines and books, photo prints, cameras, film and photography equipment; and a photography exhibition with submissions from around the world.   We need your help to continue providing a year-round programme of online reviews, interviews, portfolios, videos and listings that is free for everyone to access. We’d also like to dream bigger with the services we offer to photographers and the v ..read more

Digital Mary Hutchinson Photospace Gallery 1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington 13 April - 4 May 2024   We need your help to continue providing a year-round programme of online reviews, interviews, portfolios, videos and listings that is free for everyone to access. We’d also like to dream bigger with the services we offer to photographers and the visual arts. We’ve partnered with Press Patron to give readers the opportunity to support PhotoForum Online. Every donation helps.      ..read more