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Harry Culy: Pink Castles, Burning Windows

PhotoForum re-publish Chelsea Nichol’s essay which was first commissioned to accompany the exhibition Pink Castles Burning Windows by Harry Culy at Jhana Millers Gallery.

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PhotoForum Online Exhibition - Tink Lockett

Tink Lockett

Essay by Clare Gemima for PhotoForum

PhotoForum Online Exhibition

July 2026

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PhotoForum Online Exhibition - Tracey Kearns

Tracey Kearns

Essay by Amber French for PhotoForum

PhotoForum Online Exhibition

July 2026

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PhotoForum Online Exhibition - Jon Carapiet

Jon Carapiet

Essay by Janine Randerson for PhotoForum

PhotoForum Online Exhibition

July 2026

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Economies of Deferral

Fiona Clark, Matthew Galloway, Ngahuia Harrison, Ho Rui An, Darcy Lange, John Miller

Govett Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre
42 Queen Street
Ngāmotu New Plymouth

08 August - 15 November 202

Opening day Saturday 08 August, including artist talks from 11am

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Tracey Moffatt — Under the Influence

Tracey Moffat

Peter Turner Memorial Lecture 2026

Soundings Theatre, Te Papa Tongarewa

Thursday 6 August 2026, 6.30–8pm (Doors open 6.15pm), followed by refreshments

Free entry, bookings required - link to Eventbrite here.

In association with Photobook/NZ

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Ten Eighty

Matthew Dunne

The Engine Room
Block 1, Massey University Wellington

7 - 21 August 2026

Artist talk Thursday 6 August, 4pm

In association with Photobook/NZ

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Folio Box Sets

Craig Potton and Richard Young

Photospace Gallery
1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington

7 - 15 August 2026

Artists’ talk Sunday 9 August at 11:30am

In association with Photobook/NZ

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Photobook/NZ 2026

Guests include Martha Naranjo Sandoval, Erin Lee, Matt Dunne, Solomon Mortimer, Mckayla & Ben

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

6 - 9 August 2026

https://www.photobooknz.com/

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After Empty 《空空》

bARTroom

N1-210, West Entrance 1 Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, Tongbin Road Zhushan District Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China

13 August – 13 September 2026

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Tomorrow’s histories: photographs by Neil Penman

Neil Penman (1931–2025)

Pātaka Art+Museum
Cnr Parumoana & Norrie Streets
Porirua, Wellington

8 August–8 November 2026

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1840

Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha

McLeavey Gallery
147 Cuba St, Wellington

31 July - 15 August 2026

Artist talk: Saturday 8 August, 11.30am

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PhotoForum Publications

PhotoForum Postcard Set 2026

$10.00

PhotoForum Postcards

Set of 8 A6 Postcards

Featuring photographs by: Francesca Ayers, Julie Downie, Ryan Lindborg, Jake Morton, Paris Munro, Samuel Scully, Warisara Thomson, Camus Wyatt

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PhotoForum #108: Constellation - Jake Morton

$20.00

PhotoForum #108: Jake Morton - Constellation

Published by PhotoForum Inc, June 2026

Softcover
200 × 286mm
32 pages

Design by Jonty Valentine
Printing by SCG, Auckland
ISSN 0111-0411

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PhotoForum #107: A Call Towards Home - Paris Munro

$25.00

PhotoForum #107: Paris Munro - A Call Towards Home

Published by PhotoForum Inc., June 2026

Softcover
220 × 190mm
36 Pages

Design by Jonty Valentine
Printed by SCG, Auckland

ISSN 0111-0411

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PhotoForum #106: The Big Island - Ryan Lindborg SOLD OUT (Email photoforumnz@gmail.com for 2nd edition enquiries)

$35.00

The Big Island

Ryan Lindborg

Published byPhotoForum Inc., May 2025

Designated as PhotoForum #106

Design By Jonty Valentine

180 x 240mm, Softcover, 50 pages

First edition 165

ISSN 0111-0411

The Big Island is a collection of over a decade's worth of photographs in and around the island of Hawaii. Conventional depictions of the land and sea are vibrant and infused with colour, however, Ryan's photographs suggest something more ominous and foreboding under the surface. The Big Island is a dichotomy, culturally and physically. The ever-changing nature of the volcanic landscape reflects historical currents of colonisation, globalisation, and the enduring resilience of Native Hawaiian tradition.

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