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Flowers and Foliage: Photographs by Peter Black and Robert Mapplethorpe, Wellington, NZ

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This exhibition showcases two portfolios of photographs. One is by the celebrated and often controversial American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe; the other by Wellington photographer Peter Black.

Both photographers have created images of controlled and restrained nature. Mapplethorpe’s flower photographs are elegant, luxurious, and sophisticated. They are perfect specimens in the studio, cleaned up and isolated from nature in the wild.

In contrast, Peter Black documents how trees and plants are used and constrained in the wider urban environment. The nature he portrays is more untidy than Mapplethorpe’s, but his images reveal that people’s everyday treatment of plants is no less controlling than that of a studio photographer like Mapplethorpe.

Continue reading at Te Papa.

The show runs through 31 August, 2007 at Te Papa, Wellington, NZ.

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Another View: photographs from the Seresin family collection

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This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see some of the most famous images in photographic history in their original form as vintage black and white prints. Because of their age and calibre these prints are very valuable. The photographers include some of the best-known names from early to mid 20th century, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andre Kertesz, Eugene Atget, Josef Sudek, W. Eugene Smith, Man Ray, Bill Brandt, Mario Giacomelli, G.H. Brassai, Manuel Alvarez-Bravo and others…

Continue reading at PATAKA

The show runs through 10 September, 2006, at PATAKA, Norrie Street, Porirua, Wellington, NZ.

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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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