Leica Lounge

Leica Lounge

Thievery Studio
203 Karangahape Rd, Auckland

14 June - 16 June 2019

Artist talk: Midday Saturday 15 June, Sara Orme on her 1993 project This is Not The Red Carpet - a look at the Cannes Film Festival from behind the lens of a female photojournalist.

Festival closing function Sunday, 16 June, 4pm

Sponsored by Leica, part of the Auckland Festival of Photography

Rebecca Swan: Assume Nothing

A selection of the Festival's collection of international photobooks, including Hiroshi Sugimoto's "Lost Human Genetic Archive", Araki Nobuyoshi's "Sentimental Journey 1971 to 2017" plus others donated by the Tokyo Museum Of Photography, Japan. NZ photobooks including Robin Morrison's "Sense of Place", "Stopover" by Bruce Connew, "Assume Nothing" by Rebecca Swan, "A Field Guide to Camera Species" by Darren Glass, "Status Update" on Janet Lilo plus others.

And international Award winning photography projections, Alejandro Cegarra (Venezuela), Living With Hugo Chavez Legacy which features the aftermath in Venezuela, four years after the country’s decline into chaos following the death of long time leader Chavez. Shortlisted for 2019 World Press Photo long essay.

Sara Orme: from This is Not The Red Carpet, 1993