Photobook/NZ 2020

IKO IKO, from the series The Afronauts. Cristina de Middel/Magnum Photos 2012

Photobook/NZ 2020
6 - 8 March, 2020

2020 Peter Turner Memorial Lecture – Cristina de Middel (Spain)
Friday 6 March, 6.30 pm – 7.45pm

Soundings Theatre, Level 2, Te Papa, 55 Cable St, Wellington
Presented by Massey University – Whiti o Rehua School of Art in Partnership with Te Papa and Photobook/NZ

In this lecture Cristina de Middel will tell the story of her journey as a photographer, from her beginnings with a Spanish local newspaper to international prominence as an associate Magnum photographer known for her innovative approach to photography and its dissemination. De Middel will address topics such as legitimacy, veracity and the changing world of photography, where facts and stereotypes are becoming harder to distinguish.

Photobook/NZ Opening
and Australia & New Zealand Photobook Awards
Friday 6 March, 8 - 9pm, Level 2, Te Papa, 55 Cable St, Wellington

The Peter Turner Memorial Lecture will be followed by the launch of Photobook/NZ 2020, and announcement of the Australia & New Zealand Photobook of the Year Awards (hosted by Momento Pro). The evening will conclude at 9.00pm.

The lecture, opening, & award ceremony is a free event but registrations are essential.

Photobook/NZ 2018 book fair.

Book Fair
Saturday 7 March, 10am - 3pm

College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington
Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
Access via Entrance E, Tasman St. or Entrance C, Wallace St.

Photobook collector and visual arts heaven - the Photobook/NZ Book Fair is a rare opportunity to browse and buy photobooks by New Zealand and international publishers. Limited editions, significant photobook publications, a chance to see work from around Aotearoa, as well as Australian and international publications. Our international guests Cristina de Middel, Matthew Casteel, and Perimeter Books will be bringing their titles.

Photobook/NZ is proud to be hosting an exhibition of the Australia and New Zealand Photobook of the Year Awards 2019 finalist books, showcasing the best of antipodean photo book creation. While you’re browsing the exhibition cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Talks and Discussions:
Saturday 7 March, 2pm - 5pm
Sunday 8 March, 10am - 5pm

Saturday & Sunday talks are free to attend but you need to register here.

Seating in The Pit Lecture theatre isn’t allocated. We suggest arriving early.

Saturday 7 March Talks and Discussions

Daniel Boetker-Smith
2pm - 2.30pm
The Engine Room gallery, Block 1, College of Creative Arts, Massey University
Curator’s talk by Daniel Boetker-Smith, on Chinese and Taiwanese photobook publishing.

Rotman - Mongrelism Examined
3pm - 4pm
The Pit Lecture theatre, Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
Jono Rotman and Johnny Nepe-Apatu (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne) in conversation with David Cook, about Rotman’s award winning book ‘Mongrelism’ (Pub: Here Press and Vevey Images).

Perimeter Books
4pm - 5pm
The Pit Lecture theatre, Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
Dan Rule and Justine Ellis of Perimeter are among Australasia’s leading art and photobook publishers, with a bookshop, distribution operation and active programme of talks, launches, exhibitions and events. They will discuss their photobook publishing output and philosophy, which highlights the material form and design of books; the culture and market for photobooks; and the wider Perimeter operation.

Sunday 8 March Talks and Discussions
College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington
Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
Venue opens 9.30am, for 10am start to talks.

Matthew Casteel
10am - 11am
The Pit Lecture theatre, Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
As a valet parker at a veteran’s hospital in North Carolina, Matthew Casteel began photographing the interior of veterans’ cars. The resulting photobook, American Interiors (Pub: Dewi Lewis) is a psychological portrait, through car interiors, of the damage that war does to the lives of servicemen and women. Matthew talks about his work and book, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards: First Photobook Prize. Matthew will also share images from his ongoing project that addresses themes of grief, mortality, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Early Light
11.15am - 12noon
The Pit Lecture theatre, Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
Ilam graduate photographers Mitchell Bright and Julia Johnston talk with Caroline McQuarrie about their first photobooks. Julia’s book ‘Coast Roaders’ is a portrait of the independent, alternative community who live on the Coast Road between Greymouth and Westport. Mitchell’s book, 'Transitional Landscapes', was produced as part of his MFA. It explores the changing land, shifting boundaries, and looks at the in-between state of Selywn's (Canterbury) redevelopment.

Lunch
12noon - 1.15pm
We’ll have coffee and snacks available, but lunch is BYO or a short walk to nearby Newtown or Tory Street food spots.

Daniel Boetker-Smith
1.15pm -1.45pm
The Engine Room gallery, Block 1, College of Creative Arts, Massey University
Curator’s talk by Daniel Boetker-Smith, on Chinese and Taiwanese photobook publishing.

Solomon Mortimer
2pm - 2.45pm
The Pit Lecture theatre, Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
Solomon Mortimer is known for his innovative artist books, which bend and play with the form of the photobook. Solomon will give a guided tour through his book making practice and the ideas that lie behind it.

Ann Shelton
3pm - 3.45pm
The Pit Lecture theatre, Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
Leading New Zealand photographic artist Ann Shelton will give insights into her many inventive photobooks that mix archival material, creative writing and imagery. Her seminal book, ‘Red Eye’ (1997), was published locally (Rim Books, Auckland), then picked up by Dewi Lewis (UK).

The photobook and community
4pm - 4.45pm
The Pit Lecture theatre, Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko)
David Cook and Edith Amituanai talk about their approach to turning community based projects into photobooks. David will preview his forthcoming book Jellicoe & Bledisloe that deals with life in a state housing suburb in Hamilton. Edith will talk about her book Keep on Kimi Ora (2018), which was a deep collaboration with Flaxmere youth, where Edith and the children shared the role of photographer.

Closing remarks
4.45pm - 5pm

Chinese and Taiwanese photobook exhibition
Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 March, 10am - 5pm
The Engine Room gallery, Block 1, Massey University, Wellington

Curated for Photobook/NZ by Melbourne photobook expert Daniel Boetker-Smith. This exhibition includes books and works from a small number of established and emerging photobook publishers from Taiwan and China who are changing the photobook conversation internationally. Featuring publishers: Imageless, La Maison de Z, Jiazazhi, Voices of Photography and more.

We would like to acknowledge the support of the Australian High Commission, New Zealand Public Diplomacy Fund in bringing Daniel Boetker-Smith to Photobook/NZ.

Public Transport
Bus 3 from Wellington City to Newtown (get off at the Wallace Street stop by Massey University).

Parking
Entrance E, Tasman Street.

Accessibility
Wheelchair access via the eastern or western sides of Block 12 (Te Ara Hihiko). There is lift access to all levels of the building. Entrances to The Pit are on levels B and C.

Photobook/NZ 2020 is a collaboration between PhotoForum, and Massey University Wellington, with the support of Te Papa Tongerewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington City Council, Momento Pro, The Australian High Commission, and New Zealand Festival of the Arts.