Category: Exhibitions

New Zealand current and upcoming photo shows

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The GRINZ newletter writes, "Got a great email from the McNamara Gallery in Wanganui, listing a number of things around the country, but haven’t had a chance to chase up more details on them so I’ll just present them as I got them:"
 
George D. Valentine: A 19th. Century Photographer in N. Z.
Auckland Museum
June 9–August 27
 
Leoni Smith …version 1… …is the result of an experimental process using portable camera obscura as devices to alter perception and create a state of flux
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
June 15–July 9
                                                     
Contemporary New Zealand Photographers the exhibition accompanying this book
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Until June 25
 
Joyce Campbell: Brittle City, Cellars and Towers
Te Manawa ART, Palmerston North, until 4 June
This exhibition is supported by a catalogue with essay by Julainne Sumich; Joyce is a recipient of the 2006/07 Antarctic Arts Fellowship
 
Zero: New works by contemporary New Zealand & Australian photographers
Te Manawa ART, Palmerston North
Until 10 June
 
Derek Henderson: The Terrible Boredom of Paradise
Pataka, Porirua
Intil 28 May, then to 
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
July 7–August 26
 
Laurence Aberhart, Bruce Connew, John Johns, Fiona Pardington & Peter Peryer are included in Birds - The Art of N.Z. Birdlife
Pataka, Porirua
June 18–late September
 
Mark Adams is included in The Captain’s Ghost: Three Contemporary Artists on Cook
Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
May 25–July 23
                            
Anne Noble: Southern Lights
Christchurch Art Gallery
Until 30 July
 
John Pascoe: Songs of Innocence
Forrester Gallery, Oamaru
June 9–July 23
 
Fiona Clark: Go Girl
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
May 27–August 6

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NZ National Library photography exhibitions, talks & photographic competition

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More info at: http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/whatsnew/1exhibitions.html – both exhibitions run until 16 July 06 at the National Library, corner of Aitken & Molesworth Streets, Wellington, New Zealand.

Within Memory: Aspects of New Zealand documentary photography 1960–2000

From photographic projects such as Chris Matthew’s ‘Citizens of Napier’ and Anne Noble’s ‘Hidden Lives – the work of care’ to Peter Sharpe’s photographic record of stockcar racing in the 1970s to photographs taken by a New Zealand soldier serving in East Timor in 2001, ‘Within Memory’ shows photography contributing to a sense of the world we live in and the events we have shared.

Verbatim … revelation to oblivion: Photographs of words and books as seen by New Zealand artists

A particularly apt exhibition for the National Library Gallery, ‘Verbatim’ brings together an engaging selection of works by New Zealand artists who have taken words and books as their inspiration.

In association with these exhibitions, the National Library Gallery proudly presents a series of free lunchtime talks:

From bach to Bach – Paul Thompson, photographer and writer, Thursday 18 May, Gallery, 12.10pm

A librarian looks at photographs – John Sullivan, curator, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library, Thursday 15 June, Gallery, 12.10pm

With the participants in mind: collaborative documentary projects and practices

Professor Anne Noble, Massey University School of Fine Arts, Thursday 6 July, Gallery, 12.10pm

Admission is free to all events. Please see the Entertainment section of the Dominion Post on Wednesdays and Saturdays to confirm details of the events calendar.

Photo Competition

Send us your best documentary photograph and we’ll put it on display in the Library’s main foyer. A panel of well-known photographers will pick the best image and the winner will receive a $200 voucher to spend at Wellington Photographic Supplies. One entry per person, please, printed to A4 size.

Make sure your contact details are clearly marked on the entry and send it to: Photo Competition, National Library Gallery, PO Box 1467, Wellington – or drop it into the Visitor Centre in the main foyer of the Library. Entries close 30 June 2006. The winner will be contacted by 7 July. Your photograph will find a permanent home with the National Library Gallery. More info at http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/whatsnew/1events.html

Photographic Practice: An Exploration into the Working Methods of Five New Zealand Photographers

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This exhibition [a research project by Frankie Rouse MDes, BDes (Hons)] presents a series of photographs with excerpts from interviews following an in-depth study into the working methods of five New Zealand photographers. The photographers’ creative process is explored in relation to individual backgrounds, working environments, sourcing and development of concepts and final usage, production and display of works. At the Wellington Arts Centre Gallery (61–69 Abel Smith Street) until Saturday the 20th of May. Open Monday–Friday, 9am–7pm and Saturday 10am–4pm.

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Sebastião Salgado’s Antarctica

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Check out legendary Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado‘s gallery of photos from Antarctica at Rolling Stone’s Web site.

Salgado’s photojournalistic rendering of the landscapes and animals in high-contrast black and white is refreshing and effective. It’s not often that you see great landscape work that goes for the throat while still expressing the character of a place and isn’t obsessed with tonal range. I’ve been wanting to shoot Antarctica for a while now and this has only added fuel to the fire.

View photographs at Rolling Stone

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Toxic Shots photo and music show, Austin, TX, US

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Toxic Shots flier

"Yowzas! Busted cameras and broken teeth. A photo exhibit of action shots from the underground. Like looking backward through a telescope."

Photography by Chris Anderson, Jack Barfield, Brett Bays, Sherry Cardino, Paul Gigliotti, David Hyde, Dan Machold, Chrissy Piper, Lisa Roebuck, Chris Pfeffer, and Katherine Strickland.

The show runs 14–20 May, 2006 at End of an Ear, 2209 South First St., Austin, TX, US.

Opening reception Wednesday, 17 May, 2006 (with DJs and refreshments 6–8 pm), the night before Chaos in Tejas fest. Live music by Storm the Tower.

Countdown: TOMORROW (Sun) is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day!

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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is only one week away! If you want to participate, make sure you’ve got a camera built or bought in time by April 30, 2006!

See pinholeday.org for more info on the event. If you’d like to convert an existing camera or build one from scratch, the f295 Pinhole Photography Forum is an excellent resource.

There’s a long list of events and workshops happening, check out the list to see if there’s one near you.

Brent Bennett photography at mooncruise* gallery, Vancouver, BC, CA

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mooncruise* gallery announcement:

WHAT
NEW WORK An art opening featuring the photography of BRENT BENNETT

WHERE
mooncruise* gallery
235 Cambie Street (Gastown)
Vancouver, BC, Canada

WHEN
Friday, April 21, 2006
7.30–10pm

Comprised of urban cityscapes and portraits, ‘New Work’ is a rare presentation from photographer BRENT BENNETT which highlights this talented and unique artist’s ability to capture the beauty of the bleak.

For more information contact mooncruise* gallery at 604.685.9575, or visit www.mooncruisegallery.com

Exposure exhibit opening TONIGHT, Pittsburgh, PA, US

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EXPOSURE Official Announcement for DEBUT

Exhibition announcement:

People are using cameras in ways previously reserved for "the professionals". Digital photography is allowing us to capture the images we see, and make images we feel.

So many photographers are making so many different styles of photography – and the best is yet to be discovered – because its hiden away on a hard drive.

Now we go a step further.

EXPOSURE takes these images from hard drives to the gallery walls – celebrating the modern day photographer – each with his or her own vision and completely unique perspective. We avoid competition. Instead we embrace our differences, then feed from the inspiration that they yield.

Flickr has provided a hub – a global online community. Individuals from every corner of the planet are sharing their work with thousands of people. This incredible resource has given today’s photographer a new playing ground.

Some professionals still say that these photographers don’t do it the way they used too. That might be true. But we choose to focus on the way we need to do it now and look towards the future!

EXPOSURE is that FUTURE!

OUR DEBUT GALLERY SHOW will Feature the work from 15 photographers, and will be headlined by DEAN M. BEATTIE (DMB05)!!!

Dean’s career spans more than 13 years of professional image making and a wide spectrum of genres, wedding, photojournalism, corporate, architectural, portrait, and fine art.

For the first time his fine art nude figure studies will be on display.

Other Photographers on display:

Craig E Biertempfel
Hans Rosemond
Stephen A. Hall
David Kent
Robert Strovers
Dan Buczynski
Jim Orsini
Cate Whitehead
Sharon West
Todd Hryckowian
Chris Nicholson
Matt Niemi
Charles Schneider
Julie Schneider
Joey Kennedy

Music will be provided by DJs Kelly Carter & Walter along with live sax/flute by Jason May.

COME! Be apart of this community known as EXPOSURE!
7-11 pm
FRIDAY April 7th 2006
@ GarfieldArtWorks
[4931 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA]

—> Gallery show will be followed by an A F T E R P A R T Y @ LOT 17 , LocationL: 4617 Liberty Ave [Bloomfield]

10pm-2am with DJs Joyboy & Kelly Carter

Lot17: 2 blocks up from the Bloomfield Bridge, opposite side of the street <--- Flyer design: Dan Buczynski aka Macwagen