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PhotoForum re-publish Virginia Were’s review of the RANGE exhibition that ran as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2026

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Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha - The Debate Was In 1840

PhotoForum re-publish Brooke Pou’s essay which was first commissioned to accompany the exhibition 1840 by Hendrix Hennessy-Ropiha at McLeavey Gallery, Wellington.

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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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Fotofest Hawkes Bay

Martin Parr, Murray Cammick, Jenny Tomlin, Kirsten Hough, Simon Devitt, Veda Austin, Michael Bradley, Aotearoa Takes Flight, Johanna Baty, Liz and Andrew Caldwell, Luca Calderone, Alex Carter, Janice Chan, Florence Chavin, Florence Charvin & Glenn Cook, Darth Cornelius, Leonel Diaz, Kohuorangi Communications, Michael Farr, Debrin Foxcroft, Neil Foxcroft, Paul Garrod, Jayen Hira, Alexander Isaksson, Felix Jackson, Claire Jaycock, Donna Keeley, Annagred Knight
Reagan Kupa, Luke Knight, Ken Laurie, Tink Lockett, Stephen Lynch, Anna Menendez, John McMullan, Tristan Mason, Bryan Mosheim, Nirmal Perera, Lee Pritchard, Hazel Redmond, Edward Roberts, Ian Rotherham, Luke Rowland, Brian Scantlebury, Bec Scerri, Tuppz Shenton, Emma Spender, Tim Stewart, Tara Swan, Philip Tasker-Poland, Annabel Taylor, Caleb Te Are, Fiorella Mariel Tomasello, Emma Trembath, Rob Vanderpoel, Hans Wagemaker, Mark Wakely, Rebecca Williams, Brad Wyatt, Takeshi Yamamoto, Racheal Young, Jan Maree Vodanovich
Various venues in Hawkes Bay
28th September - 22nd October 2026

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In the image of the city

Edith Amituanai, Safa, Emina and Fatima El Samad, Matthew Galloway, Monash Urban Lab with Baracco+Wright, These Are The Projects We Do Together, Emily Parr and Arielle Walker, David Straight

Objectspace
13 Rose Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland

11 September – 15 November 2026

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Ghost Forests

Andy Spain

Critical Signals Gallery
113 Taranaki Street, Wellington

8 - 27 September 2026

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Glimmers

Melissa Collow

Little Rosie
82 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland

11 - 27 September 2026

https://www.invitingchance.com

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Soft Barriers

Scott Cai

Sanderson
Osborne Lane, 2-4 Kent Street, Newmarket
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

16 September - 11 October 2026

Opening Thursday 17th, 5.30-6.30pm

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PhotoForum #107 and #108: Book Launch

Book and Zine launch

PhotoForum #107: Paris Munro - A Call Towards Home

PhotoForum #108: Jake Morton - Constellation

Plus Zines by Hannah Arnold, Cheska Brown, Aileen Chen, Malory Campbell, Millie Dunstall, Tess Elliot, Victor Staaf, and Christian Turnerfrom the recent PhotoForum Zine workshop

SKAR Image Lab
1 New Bond Street, Kingsland, Auckland

Thursday 17 September , 6pm

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Spotlight

Taika Waititi

Studio 230
230 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland

17–20 September 2026

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Expanded Documentary in Aotearoa Conference - Call for Proposals

Conference Dates: Monday 19 & Tues 20 April 2027

Location: The Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Hosted by: The Faculty of Design, Te Kura Toi the School of Arts, Te Wānanga o Ngā Kete the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences (ALPSS)

Please submit an abstract or creative proposal (including any space and AV requirements) by 25 September 2026 to: cherie.lacey@waikato.ac.nz

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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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