PhotoForum Exhibitions 1975 - 2022
PhotoForum Exhibitions 1975 - 2022
Alongside the PhotoForum publications, beginning in 1974, PhotoForum (and its sister organisation PhotoForum/Wellington from 1976 to 1992) has organised many exhibitions, workshops, lectures and presentations. Here are the ones we can find records for. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
Air, New Zealand
10 September - 1 October 2022 onsite at Skar Image Lab
Mark Adams, Caryline Boreham, Chris Corson-Scott, Jae Hoon Lee, John Miller, Tia Ranginui, Ann Shelton
Curated by Emil McAvoy. A Photo Op exhibition in association with PhotoForum
Silent Auction
4 - 6 July, 2023. SKAR Image Lab, 1 New Bond Street, Kingsland
Emma Bass, Grit Becker, Ziggy Bond, Caryline Boreham, Natasha Boshkovski, Wendy Brandon, Georgia Carr, Gillian Chaplin, David Cowlard, Karen Crisp, Joe Dowling, Sonja Gardien, Sue Gee, Derek Henderson (c/- Melanie Roger Gallery), Cassey Locke, Luke Foley-Martin, Anton Maurer, Allan McDonald, Peter Peryer, Solomon Mortimer, Yvonne Shaw, Jenny Tomlin, John B. Turner, Virginia Were.
Plus photographs by Gillian Chaplin and Peter Peryer donated from John B. Turner’s collection.
Photobook/NZ Festival 2022
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
19 and 20 August 2022
Including the bookfair and speakers Fiona Clark, Nicola Legat, Hoda Afshar, plus satellite events at Bowen Galleries, PhotoSpace Gallery, Webb’s, Hamish McKay, and Bartley & Company Art
Photobook/NZ Festival 2020
6, 7 and 8 March, 2020, Te Papa and Massey University Wellington
Incorporating the Australia & New Zealand Photobook Awards by Momento Pro.
Cristina de Middel (Spain), Matthew Casteel (US), Jono Rotman (US), Daniel Boetker-Smith (AU), Perimeter Books (AU), Ann Shelton (NZ), David Cook (NZ), Edith Amituanai (NZ), Julia Johnston (NZ), Mitchell Bright (NZ), Solomon Mortimer (NZ)
Imaanshaha - Saynab Muse
Book Launch and Exhibition
Studio 541, 541 Mt Eden Road, Auckland
19 - 20 October 2019
PhotoForum Members Show 2018
Studio 541, 541 Mt Eden Road, Auckland
11 April - 6 May 2018
Tamara Azizian, Mark Beehre, Harvey Benge, Gary Blackman, Caryline Boreham, Peter Burge, Jon Carapiet, Cathy Carter, John Collie, Grant Douglas, Sonja Gardien, Lara Gilks, Janet Hafoka, Deborah Hide-Bayne, Niki Hill, Veronica Hodgkinson, Edward Howie, Mary Hutchinson, Brendan Kitto, Maurice Lye, Stuart Mackenzie, Tim Mackrell, Fiona Macleod, Julius Margan, Anton Maurer, Daniel Mayo-Turner, Gabrielle McKone, Syd Moore, Solomon Mortimer, Tony Nyberg, Bertie Plaatsman, Cindy Roddie Robins, Maria Sainsbury, Haruhiko Sameshima, Gary Sauer-Thompson, Céline Sayé, Yvonne Shaw, Geoffrey H. Short, Stacey Simpkin, Ellie Smith, Mark Smith, Stu Sontier, Martin Taylor, Jenny Tomlin, Alison Viskovic, Julian Ward, Ans Westra, Yvonne Westra, Jan Young.
Opening night incorporated the launch of the redesigned PhotoForum website.
Photobook/NZ Festival 2018
7 - 11 March, 2018, Te Papa and Massey University Wellington
Incorporating the New Zealand Photobook Awards by Momento Pro.
Guest speakers: Bryan Schutmaat (USA), Carolle Bénitah (France), Katrin Koenning (Germany), Jem Southam (UK), Yumi Goto (Japan), Perimeter Books (Australia), Athol McCredie (NZ). Panellists: Mary Macpherson, Peter Black, Edith Amituanai, Chris Leskovsek, Howard Grieve, Christine McFetridge-Read, Libby Jeffrey, Haru Sameshima, Dan Rule, Harry Culy.
Real Pictures: Imaging XX
19 - 25 September, 2017, Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
Curated by Nina Seja, exhibition coordinator: Ian Macdonald. Exhibiting artists Sue Gee, Megan Jenkinson, Marie Shannon, Deborah Smith, Jenny Tomlin
Catalogue published by PhotoForum as PhotoForum 88 (second edition , with additional text and Chinese translations)
Real Pictures: Imaging XX
2 - 30 June, 2017, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
Curated by Nina Seja
Exhibiting artists Sue Gee, Megan Jenkinson, Marie Shannon, Deborah Smith, Jenny Tomlin
Catalogue published by PhotoForum as PhotoForum 88
Photobook/New Zealand 2016
11 -13 March, 2016, Massey University College of Creative Arts, Wellington
Incorporating the New Zealand Photobook Awards by Momento Pro.
Guest speakers: Ying Ang, Tim J. Veling, Daniel Boetker-Smith, Shelley Jacobson, Ron Brownson, Harvey Benge, Bruce Connew, Anita Tótha, Catherine Griffiths, Neil Pardington, Jonty Valentine, Libby Jeffery.
Collective Passion - Singular Visions
PhotoForum - A New Zealand Legacy
19 - 25 September 2015 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China
Curator: Nina Seja, Exhibition coordinator: Ian Macdonald
Exhibition based on the book PhotoForum at 40
Laurence Aberhart, Mark Adams, American Photo Co., Greta Anderson, Gary Baigent, Mark Beehre, Harvey Benge, Gary Blackman, Rhondda Bosworth, Barney Brewster, Simon Buis, Glenn Busch, Murray Cammick, Joyce Campbell, Kevin Capon, Jocelyn Carlin, Fiona Clark, John Collie, David Cook, Bruce Connew, Chris Corson-Scott, Nikki Denholm, John Fields, Bruce Foster, Robert Gant, Jennifer Gillam, Lloyd Godman, Mark Hantler, Tom Hutchins, Murray Hedwig, Derek Henderson, Robyn Hoonhout, Megan Jenkinson, Glenn Jowitt, Ian Macdonald, Tim Mackrell, Charles McKenzie, Mary Macpherson, John Miller, Robin Morrison, Anne Noble, Arthur Northwood, Terry O’Connor, Max Oettli, Neil Pardington, Peter Peryer, Lucien Rizos, Marie Shannon, Anne Shelton, Geoffrey H. Short, Clive Stone, Sally Symes, Rebecca Swan, Jenny Tomlin, John B. Turner, Timothy J. Veling, Julian Ward, Christine Webster, Len Wesney, Ans Westra, Terence White, Jan Young, Jane Zusters
History in the Taking: 40 Years of PhotoForum
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 22 Aug to 15 Nov 2015
An edited version of the exhibition staged at Gus Fisher Gallery
View Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s exhibition listing here
History in the Taking: 40 Years of PhotoForum
City Gallery Wellington, 14 March – 14 June, 2015
An edited version of the exhibition staged at Gus Fisher Gallery
Reviewed by Mark Amery for The Big Idea
View City Gallery Wellington’s exhibition listing here (includes Q&As with John B. Turner and Lucien Rizos)
History in the Taking: 40 Years of PhotoForum
Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, 6–28 June, 2014
Curated by Nina Seja and Geoffrey H. Short.
Including work by: Dr A.C. Barker, Alfred H. Burton, William or Frederick Tyree, James McAllister, G. Leslie Adkin, Edward Weston, H. E. Gaze, Tom Hutchins, Eric Lee-Johnson, Ans Westra, Larence N. Shustak, John Fields, Harvey Benge, Joseph D. Jachna, Simon Buis, Gary Baigent, Charles McKenzie, Clive Stone, Allan McDonald, Len Wesney, Alan Leatherby, Bryan James, John Miller, Max Oettli, Paul Gilbert, Mac Miller, Glenn Busch,, Justin Boroughs, Fiona Clark, Neill Chitty, Rachael Feather, Sharyn Young, Reg Feuz, Rhondda Bosworth, Tom Elliott, Robin Morrison, Peter Peryer, John B. Turner, Bruce Connew, Desmond Kelly, Gary Blackman, Kapil Arn, Merylyn Tweedie, Reg Feuz, Richard Wotton, Jae Renaut, Terry O’Connor, Murray Cammick, Tom Fraser, Bruce Foster, Anne Noble, Leslie Haines, Laurence Aberhart, Peter Black, Gillian Chaplin, Sally Symes, Glenn Jowitt, Megan Jenkinson, Stuart Page, Lucien Rizos, Barney Brewster, Jane Zusters, Anne Noble, Ken Browning, Geoffrey H. Short, Gabrielle McKone, Gil Hanly, Janet Bayly, Marie Shannon, Margaret Dawson, Stuart Sontier, Jon Carapiet, Fiona Pardington, Simon Young, Jocelyn Carlin, Greta Anderson, Darren Glass, Kevin Capon, Murray Hedwig, David Milton Browne, Wayne Barrar, sada, Rebecca Swan, Jenny Tomlin, Haruhiko Sameshima, David Cook, Mary Macpherson, Julian Ward, Robyn Hoonhout, Joyce Campbell, Jan Young, Geoffrey Heath, Jennifer Mason, Sam Hartnett, Roberta Thornley, Ngahuia Harrison, Timothy J. Veling, Chris Corson-Scott.
Accompanying book published by Rim Books as PhotoForum 83: PhotoForum at 40: Counter-culture, Clusters, and Debate in New Zealand, by Nina Seja, with contributed chapters by John B. Turner and Athol McCredie.
Pecha Kucha Night Auckland vol.40
a special celebration of 40 Auckland Pecha Kucha presentations and 40 Years of PhotoForum.
Q Theatre, Queen Street, Auckland, Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Magnus Danbolt // on the pacific waka voyage
Siliga David Setoga // Artist // On Living and Being a MFA
Patrick Reynolds // photographer and urban design blogger // Auckland unfucked
Tangent // New Zealand Photography Collective // Great South Road
Renee Bevan and Caryline Boreham // Artists // Collaborative practice and the act of telepathy
Megan Jenkinson // The push and pull of the photographic
Stuart Page // Photographer/Film-maker // Images from my hometown: Christchurch
Jennifer Zea // Performing Artist // Creativity: " The x factor" in all of us
Nina Seja // Lecturer and Writer // In Hindsight: Writing PhotoForum's Forty Years
Dieneke Jansen //
Geoffrey Heath // Performance Anxiety // some works by Geoffrey Heath
Sonia Pivac // DEAFRADIO // “NZSL Crash Course
Ema Tavola // Southside Provocateur // Real Eyes, Realize, Real
Murray Cammick // photographer // Black & White World
NZSL interpreters courtesy of Deafradio. Music by DJ Netti Page
Recent Auckland Photography
May 19–June 12, 2013, Northart, Northcote.
Curated by Chris Corson-Scott and Edward Hanfling as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography. Mark Adams, Edith Amituanai, Fiona Amundsen, Harvey Benge, Bruce Connew, Chris Corson-Scott, Ngahuia Harrison, Derek Henderson, Ian Macdonald, Haruhiko Sameshima, Geoffrey H. Short, and Talia Smith. Exhibition supported by PhotoForum. Accompanying book published by PhotoForum as PhotoForum 82: Pictures They Want to Make: Recent Auckland Photography, by Chris Corson-Scott and Edward Hanfling
Moment & Eternity
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi Province, China, 19–25 September, 2011.
Peter Evans, Robyn Hoonhout, Geoffrey H. Short, Rebecca Swan, Wayne Wilson-Wong, and Jan Young
Curated by John B. Turner in collaboration with PhotoForum, with accompanying poster/catalogue and Chinese translation by Phoebe Li
PhotoForum Pecha Kucha Night AK26
June 15, 2011, Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland
Edith Amituanai, Greta Anderson, Julie Downie, Peter Evans, Jae Hoon Lee, James K. Lowe, John Lyall, John Miller, Peter Peryer, Peter James Quinn, Marie Shannon, Geoffrey H. Short, Wayne Wilson-Wong
See photo documentation here
PhotoForum Pecha Kucha Night AK19
June 16, 2010, Galatos, 17 Galatos Street, Newton, Auckland
Abby Storey, David Cook, David White, Derek Henderson, John B. Turner, Mark Smith, Nikki Denholm, Peter Madden, Rebecca Swan, Roberta Thornley, Robyn Hoonhout, Roger Grace, Serena Stevenson
See photo documentation here
Artificialia, Naturalia, & Mirabilia
June 3–20, 2009, Artstation, Auckland
Julie Downie, Heyes Johnson, Faye Norman, and Haruhiko Sameshima
Catalogue re-published as PhotoForum MoMento 5 (May 2010)
PhotoForum Fundraising Auction
April 21, 2009, Webb's Auction House, Auckland
130 donated prints raise nearly $17,000 to be used for PhotoForum activities
On Show, PhotoForum 2008
June 12– July 5, 2008, Bath Street Gallery, Parnell, Auckland
Gary Blackman, Joyce Campbell, Conor Clarke, John Collie, Bruce Connew, David Cook, Karen Crisp, Marina Farrer Gilmour, Darren Glass, Robyn Hoonhout, John Miller, Davina Monds, Andrew Ross, Julian Ward
Catalogue published as PhotoForum 76: 14 New Zealand Photographers
PhotoForum website + blog + MoMento launch + exhibition
January 22 - 4 February 2008, The Digital Darkroom, 273 Dominion Road, Auckland.
Amanda A’Hara, Maurice Lye, Richard Smallfield, Howard. M Scott, Mark Watts, Hamish Macdonald, Abby Storey, Stephanie O’Connor, Scott Venning, Richard Clark, Haruhiko Sameshima, Mala Mayo, Julie Downing, John B. Turner. To coincide with the launch of the re-designed PhotoForum website.
PhotoForum 33: A Members’ Show
June 5–23, 2007, Art Station, Auckland
Abby Storey, Alan Knowles, Andrew Ivory, Ann Orman, Bill Mori, Bruce Connew, Bruce Ross, Darryl Fausett, David Langman, Davina, Dorina Jotti, Faye Norman, Gabrielle McKone, Gary Blackman, Haruhiko Sameshima, James Gilberd, Jenny Tomlin, John B. Turner, Julian Ward, Kapil Arn, Karen Crisp, Karen Lee, Louise Sweet, Lynn Houghton, Mark Adams, Murray Hedwig, Neil Finlay, Paul Pachter, Reg Feuz, sada, Stella Daniell, Syd Moore, Tim Mackrell
Exhibition catalogue published as PhotoForum 75
Content & Form
June 4–26, 2005, Aotea Gallery, Auckland
Nikki Denholm, Ian Macdonald, Allan McDonald
Catalogue published as PhotoForum 73
Nothing is Separate
PhotoForum’s internet exhibition as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography, 2004. Selected from the work on the theme of Auckland created by participants in the photojournalism workshop of Belgian photographer, Bruno Stevens, held at Elam School of Fine Arts, January 2004. Iphegenia Amoutzias, Mark Bellringer, Godfrey Boehnke, Prue MacDougal, Bruce Ross, Howard M. Scott
up:date// The Active Eye
online exhibition, 2000
A survey of contemporary New Zealand photography, 2000. Selected by Luit Beiringa, John Lyall, Anne Noble, Lisa Reihana, and Haru Sameshima. Photographers include: Karen Abplanalp, Jo Alpe, Greta Anderson, Kats Ando, Kapil Arn, John Bannister, Adrian Barrett, Janet Bayly, N. Matheson Beaumont, Harvey Benge, Hugh Best, Gary Blackman, Jessica Bluck, Rhondda Bosworth, Eymard Bradley, David Milton Browne, Julia Brooke-White, Anna M. Bucknell, Kate H. Buckthought, Pramuan Burusphat, Susan M. Campbell, Kevin Capon, Jocelyn Carlin, Fiona Clark, Les Cleveland, Richard Collins, Bruce Connew, Mathew Cowan, Morice Crandall, Karen Crisp, Stella Daniell, Nikki Denholm, Grant Douglas, Nicholas A. Eagles, Meighan Ellis, John Fairclough, Neil M. Finlay, Bruce Foster, Hayden Paul Fritchley, Rika Fukushima, Arno Gasteiger, Russell Gera, James Gilberd, Jennifer Gillam, Darren Glass, Teresa Goodin, Catherine Griffiths, Kirsty Jane Grieve, Di Halstead, Vivienne Haldane, Murray Hedwig, K.T. Ho, Harry Hoskin, Glen Howey, Warren K. Jones, Glenn Jowitt, John William Lake, David Langman, Murray Lloyd, Stephen Lovett, Maurice Lye, Kirsty MacDonald, Stuart Mackenzie, Tim Mackrell, Rochelle Mahon, Elizabeth March, Mark Marriott, Allen-Jane May, Allan McDonald, Gabrielle McKone, Leigh Mitchell-Anyon, Michelle Moir, Rebecca J. Moldenhauer, Margi Moore, Nina Kathleen Morris, Tanja Nola, Stuart Page, Neil Pardington, Ken Philpott, AmandaRa(Amanda Ritchie), Evan Reece, Patrick Reynolds, Julie Riley, Ian Robertson, Stephen Rowe, Catherine Russ, Marie Shannon, Ann Shelton, Stuart Shepherd, Ellen Smith, Stuart Sontier, J. Stratton-Maccagno, Jenny Taylia, Stephen Trinder, Colleen Tunnicliff, Julian Ward, Ruth Watson, Ans Westra, Jason Whiteley, Marcus Williams, Gail Wright, Scott Younger, Jane Zusters.
Catalogue published as PhotoForum 68: up:date//The Active Eye (CD)
Interface
video exhibition, July 31–August 9, 1998
A PhotoForum exhibition in conjunction with the Wellington Fotofest Fringe Festival: Jennifer Gillam, Les Cleveland, Jocelyn Carlin, Mike C. Aamodt, Arno Gasteiger, Elizabeth March, Kim Reed, Reg Feuz, Syd Moore, Dean Nixon, Niiki Denholm, Michael Jeans, Anne Tunnicliffe, Jennifer French, Eunice Mowles, Craig Potton, Julian Ward, Kirsty MacDonald, John Collie, Stuart Sontier, Lloyd Godman, Harvey Benge, John B. Turner.
PhotoForum website created by Stu Sontier, 1996, with an online rendition of the Open the Shutter exhibition which featured a very early clickable walkthrough.
Currency—Contemporary Photographic Art
September 15–October 8, 1995, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Curated by Peter Turner
Laurence Aberhart, Mark Adams, Wayne Barrar, Janet Bayly, Harvey Benge, Jocelyn Carlin, Margaret Dawson, Bruce Foster, Darren Glass, Lloyd Godman, Helen Hames, Gavin Hipkins, Megan Jenkinson, Susannah Mckenzie, Haruhiko Sameshima, Anna Sanderson, Greg Semu, Clive Stone, Maria Walls, Christine Webster
Open the Shutter: Auckland Photographers Now
April 21– May 15, 1994, Auckland Museum
Curated by Ron Brownson.
Mark Adams, Harvey Benge, Rhondda Bosworth, Jon Carapiet, Jocelyn Carlin, Jennifer French, Lisa Ganassin, Jennifer Gillam, Alistair Guthrie, Gil Hanly, Miles Hargest, Gavin Hipkins, Arjan Hoeflak, Megan Jenkinson, Leonie Johnsen, Glenn Jowitt, Billy Lawry, John Lyall, John McDermott, Allan McDonald, Tim Mackrell, Yanse Martin, John Miller, Michelle Moir, Alan Morrison, Fiona Pardington, Patrick Reynolds, Haru Sameshima, Anna Sanderson, Greg Semu, Marie Shannon, Ann Shelton, Geoffrey H. Short, Deborah Smith, Mark Smith, Stuart Sontier, Neil Trubuhovich, Daryl Ward, Christine Webster, Simon Young. Catalogue published as PhotoForum 58.
PhotoForum Fifth Annual Winter Lecture Series
July–August, 1992
Ross Land, Christine Webster, Dennis Hitchcock, David Cook, Jocelyn Carlin, Fiona Pardington, Michael Kopp.
PhotoForum 90
Members exhibition from Wellington, shown at Blue Angel Gallery, Kingsland, Auckland, February 1991.
PhotoForum Winter Lectures
July/August 1991
Christine Webster, Marti Friedlander, John Miller and Gil Hanly, Miles Hargest, Georg Kohlap, Robert del Tredici, Lisa Reihana
PhotoForum Winter Lectures
July/August 1990
Ross White and Katie Cordes, Craig Potton, Deborah Smith and Sale Jessop, Anne Noble, David Robie
Fay Godwin visit organised by Sally Symes for PhotoForum, January 1990. Workshops in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, and Dunedin.
PhotoForum 90
Members exhibition held at New Zealand Centre for Photography, Wellington, November 1990: Mike Aamodt, Wayne Barrar, Pamela Brooks-Corbett, Jill Carlyle, Brian Enting, Reg Feuz, Ian Fullerton, Lloyd Godman, Peter Hannken, Miles Hargest, Doug Harris, Dean Johanssen, Maggie Johnson, Michael Kopp, Bill Main, Leigh Mitchell-Anyon, Syd Moore, Michael O’Donnell, Greg Stevens, Maggie Taylor, Alison Viskovic, Ans Westra, Yvonne Westra, Alan Wylde.
Catalogue published as double and last issue of PhotoForum ReView.
150 Years of Photography
Auckland lecture series, June/July 1989
Van Deren Coke, Sally Tagg, Joan Coke, Sue Gee, Craig Potton, and Laurence Aberhart
Rear Vision: A History of PhotoForum/Wellington to 1988
exhibition at Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington, August 17–October 24.
Laurence Aberhart, Leslie Adkin, Terry Austin, Janet Bayly, Peter Black, Sharyn Black, Gary Blackman, Caleb Carter, Gillian Chaplin, Wellington Thomas Gordon Cody, Michael Cubey, Grant Douglas, Bruce Foster, Tom Fraser, Leslie Haines, Peter Hannken, Murray Hedwig, Paul Hewson, Reinold Hilgering, Gary Ireland, Paul Johns, Glenn Jowitt, Tony Kellaway, Des Kelly, Elizabeth Leyland, Christine Lloyd-Fitt, Mary Macpherson, Geoff Mason, Marius McCallum, Athol McCredie, Robin McKinlay, Alan McOnie, Anne Noble, Jeremy Opie, Stuart Page, Lucian Rizos, Ivan Rogers, Geoffrey H. Short, Jean Stanton, Martin Taylor, Frederick or William Tyree, Christine Webster, Ans Westra, Jane Wilcox, Richard Wotton, Jane Zusters.
Curated by Athol McCredie, catalogue published as PhotoForum ReView 37 and 38 (supplement).
View City Gallery Wellington’s exhibition listing here
Winter Lecture Series 1988: About Photography
coordinated by Paul McCredie. Elam School of Fine Arts. July 5: Peter Peryer; July 12: Fiona Pardington; July 26 Glenn Jowitt; August 2: Fiona Clark; August 9: John Daley; July 19: Author Vivien Edwards discusses Henry Winkelmann
PhotoForum Members Exhibition
with guest exhibitor Morrie Camhi’s AD-vantage series
April 13–27, 1986, Auckland Museum
Peter Aagaard, David Allen, Jacqueline Amoamo, Candace Bagnall, Larry Bell, Joanne Black, Prue Burch, John Callaghan, Grant Douglas, Sue Gee, Dennis Hamblin, Gil Hanly, Leo Hommel, Mike J. Keeling, Pat Leary, Vanya Lowry, Janet McCallum, Stuart MacKenzie, Marg Morrow, David Parker, Julie Riley, Geoffrey H. Short, Pauline Stephensen, Sally Tagg, Maggie Taylor, Nellie Vela, Ans Westra, Yvonne Westra, Joanna Wright, Maureen Zanderigo
1985 Winter Lecture Series
Centre for Continuing Education, University of Auckland
May 7: Carole Shepherd; June 8: Kate Millington; June 25: Adrienne Martyn; July 28: Thomas Leary; August 20: John B. Turner; September 29: Bernard Schofield; October 29: Philip Peacock.
Witness to Change: Life in New Zealand Photographs 1940–1965
A survey of photographs by John Pascoe, Les Cleveland, and Ans Westra
Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington, 1985
Exhibition and catalogue curated and written by Janet Bayly and Athol McCredie. A collaboration between PhotoForum/Wellington and Wellington City Art Gallery. Exhibition tours nationally.
PhotoForum Members Exhibition
April 21–May 5, 1985, Auckland Museum.
Guest exhibitors Martin Taylor, Bruce Connew, and Fiona Pardington
Image 84: PhotoForum/Wellington Members Show
April 28–June 24, 1984, National Art Gallery, Wellington
Peter Agaard, Tim Abott, Janet Bayly, Peter Black, Paul Bradshaw, Jack Body, Jocelyn Carlin, Brian Davis, Louise Guerin, Jennifer Hames, Tony Kellaway, Gabrielle McKone, Mary Macpherson, Jan Nauta, Martin Taylor, Alison Viskovic, Ans Westra, Richard Wotton
PhotoForum Members Show 1984
March 18–April 1, 1984, Auckland Museum
Dave Allen, Ron Allen, Gary Beale, Lorraine Blackley, Julian Bowron, John Callaghan, Sheryl Campbell, Iona Chalmers, Tony Cole, David Cook, Michael Dean, Mike Dunn, Kelvin Glover, Gil Hanly, Terry Hobin, Mike Keeling, Sheridan Keith, David Kelly, Vanya Lowry, Richard Ludlum, Stuart MacKenzie, Marg Morrow, Piet Nieuland, Althea Northey, David Parker, Bernard Schofield, Derek Smith, Polly Stephenson, Sally Symes, Sally Tagg, Nellie Vela, John Wigglesworth, Anna Wilson, John Woodhouse, Maureen Zanderigo
PhotoForum Members Show 1983
March 10–April 25, 1983, Auckland Museum
David Allen, Ron Allen, Peter Avery, Lorraine Blackley, Julian Bowron, Prue Birch, John Callaghan, Iona Chalmers, Gillian Chaplin, Alistair Gordon, Dennis Hamblin, Gil Hanly, Mark Hantler, Terry Hobin, Mike Keeling, David Kelly, Thomas Newcomb Leary, Patricia Leary, Alan Leatherby, Ken Lee, Nick Longdon, Vanya Lowry, Mary Beth Martin, Janet McCallum, Gabrielle McKone, Juliet Nicholas, Anne Noble, Althea Northey, Kevin O’Brien, Terry O’Connor, Lucien Rizos, Hamish Saunders, Bernard Schofield, Andrew Scott, Graham Simpson, Clive Stone, Sally Symes, Sally Tagg, Nellie Vella, Julian Ward, Ans Westra, John Wigglesworth, Anna Wilson, John Woodhouse, Richard Wotton
Exhibitions at PhotoForum Gallery, Taranaki Street, Wellington, 1982:
Stock Show May 5–(unknown)
Michael Cubey, Nirvana June 16–July 9
John B. Turner, Time Release July 12–July 30
Last Century, original prints by the Burton Bros. and others August 2–13
Anonymous Portraits. Prints made by Clive Stone from John Perry’s collection of negatives. Displayed at Camera & Camera. August 9–27
Angela Gunn, Flowers and Landscape August 17–September 3
Time Release: Photographs from a Private Collection
together with Peter Black: 50 Photographs
April 18–May 2, Auckland Museum
Photos from John B. Turner’s collection selected by Gabrielle McKone, John B. Turner, and Anna Wilson.
PhotoForum Gallery, Wellington exhibitions, 1981:
Laurence Aberhart, Janet Bayly, Peter Black, Christine Lloyd-Fitt, Adrienne Martyn, Anne Noble, Stuart Page Stock Works January 27–February 14
Gary Blackman Recent Polaroids January 27–February 14
Reinhold Hilgering, Wolf Harhammer, Rolf Rettenberger Visions/Realities March 10–28
Peter Black, Reg Feuz, Brian Davis, Peter Butler, Janet McCallum, Tony Kellaway, Points of View March 31–April 18
Glenn Jowitt, Black Power, Christchurch April 28–May 9
Three New Zealand Photographers: Gary Baigent, Richard Collins, John Fields May 12–30
Mary Macpherson and Martin Taylor, Frame Ups June 2–20
Collection 81 June 23–July 18
Grant Douglas, Twenty photographs July 21–August 8
Stuart Page, Media Mirage, Cathryn Shine, We’re Moving Now September 1–19
Michael Cubey, Jeremy Opie, Eric Gotleib August 10–29
Claire Fergusson, Photographs/10 years September 22–October 10
Laurence Aberhart, View portfolio plus 19th century prints by Bragge, Gibbs and Foelsch October 20–31
The Tour Curated by Atho McCredie, November 3–20
Anne Noble, Stock Work plus two mini shows November 24–December 5*
Mini Exhibitions:
Gail Wright, Little Treats January 27–February 14
Athol McCredie, Self-Portraits February 16–March 7
John Wilcox March 30–April 18
Reg Feuz (date not known)
Jocelyn Carlin (date not known)
Ivan Rogers July 14–25
Work from New Faces: Pieces from Teachers College Palmerston North August 17–29
Jo Horrocks September 14–26
Janet Bayly September 28–October 3
Janet McCallum, In the Eye October 6–12
Peter Sainsbury, Jim Payne October 19–31
John Beggs, Photoshow November 2–4
Jenny Hames, Rural Greece November 17–28
Lawrence Cotton November 24–December 5*
Stephen Paris, Stilled Moments November 24–December 5
PhotoForum Gallery, Wellington exhibitions, 1980:
PhotoForum ’79 (Auckland Museum exhibition) January 15–26
Stuart Page, Artifacts January 29–February 16
Janet Bayly, SX-70 Pictures February 19–March 8
Tony Kellaway, Letters Home March 11–March 29
Contemporary Photography: Prints from Private Collections April 1–12
Peter Black, Helen Mitchell, Shona Watson, Summer 79 April 14–19
Jane Zusters April 22–May 10
Alan McOnie May 13–31
Terry Austin, Stuart Page, Graham Snowden, Laurence Aberhart, Margaret Dawson, Brian McMillan, Robin Neate, Murray Hedwig, Street Photos June 3–23
Janet Bayly, Alan McOnie, Michael Cubey, Julian Ward, Lucien Rizos, Sharyn Black, Alan Wylde, Jane Wilcox, Alison Viscovic, Helen Mitchell, Mark Hantler, Peter Butler, Ans Westra, Michael Gallagher, Harry Fraser, Paul Davidson, Reg Feuz, Brian Davis, Sue Delamere, Christine Webster, Jeremy Opie, Paul Thompson, David Fairey, Kevin Crusado, Richard Wotton, Ross Giblin, Jocelyn Carlin, Peter Muller, Collection 80 June 24–July 12
Gary Ireland, Urban Identity July 15–August 2
Trevor Ulyatt, Traditional Themes and Other Explorations August 5–23
Murray Hedwig, Images from the Land and the City August 25–September 13
Diane Quin, One Room in Bobo and Bruce Connew, Portfolio 1976–1980 September 16–October 4
Christine Lloyd-Fitt October 7–25
15 Wellington Photographers October 28–November 15
Illusions, Fantasies and Lies November 18–December 6
Anne Noble, Peter Black, Mark Adams, Laurence Aberhart, Larence N. Shustak, Gary Blackman, The Galerie Paper Show December 9–20
Mini Exhibitions: (note * denotes unconfirmed by extant posters)
Phil Fogle January 29–February 2*
Jane Wilcox February 5–16 *
Harry Fraser February 19–March 1
Lucien Rizos March 4–15 *
Peter Muller, This Way Up March 18–29
Paul Hewson April 1–12 *
Martin Taylor June 3–7*
John Pine Snadden June 10–21
Michael Gallagher, 10 Seconds July 15–26*
Elizabeth Madle July 29–August 2*
Phil Fogle August 4–23*
Andrew Keedwell August 26–September 6*
J. Redward September 8–20*
Julian Ward September 23–October 4*
Gavin Colthart October 21–November 1
Chris Nicol, Berhampore 1979–80 November 4–15
Anne Noble November 18–29*
Janet McCallum December 2–13*
Group Exhibition, 16x8 December 16–20
PhotoForum Gallery, Wellington Harris Street exhibitions, 1979:
Six NZ Photographers July 3–21
Peter Hannken, A Self-Portrait July 24–August 11
Group Show, Photo Art '79 August 14–25
Glenn Jowitt, Race Meetings in New Zealand August 28–September 15
Gary Blackman September 18–October 6
Gillian Chaplin October 9–27
Ron Brownson October 30–November 17
Grant Douglas November 20–December 8
Terry Austin December 11–22
Mini Exhibitions:
Peter Black, 14 Photographs July 24–August 11
Vicky Belcher, Swelling Itching Brain July 14–25
Vicki Ginn August 28–September 8
Michael Gallager, Is That Life on the Wall? September 11–15
Brian Davis (date not known)
James Stratton, Two Dozen Colour Photographs October 9–20
Mary Macpherson, Weekend Behind the Incredible Hulk December 11–22
PhotoForum ’79
December 8–23, Auckland Museum
Candace Bagnall, Janet Bayly, David Blake, Bruce Connew, Kevin Donovan, John Gillespie, Shirley Gruar, Peter Hannken, Paul Hewson, Elizabeth Leyland, Megan Jenkinson, Ian Macdonald, Stuart MacKenzie, Terry O’Connor, Janneke Vandenberg, and Rod Wills
PhotoForum Auction of Photographic Prints
Peter Webb Galleries, April 28, 1978. Organisers Judi Lloyd and Rob Giles.
PhotoForum Gallery, Wellington Grey Street exhibitions, 1978:
Historical Show February 28–March 26
Family and Friends March 28–April 23
Instant Pictures April 26–May 21
Darius McCallum, Ceremonies and Celebrations May 23–June 18
Bruce Foster and Gillian Chaplin, Circumstantial Evidence June 20–July 16
Paul Hewson, Simulated Breakdown July 18–August 13
17 Wellington Photographers August 15–20
Anne Noble August 22–September 10
On the Road September 12– October 8
Tom Fraser and Rowan Belcher, Endless Endless October 10–November 5
Terry Austin, Gary Ireland, Paul Johns, Glenn Jowitt, Brian McMillan, Stuart Page, Jae Renaut, Larence N. Shustak, Gail Wright, Jane Zusters, 10 Christchurch Photographers November 7–December 2
Leslie Adkin December 5–22
PhotoForum Annual Group Exhibition
July 8–23, 1978, Auckland Museum.
Auction of Historic and Contemporary New Zealand Photographs
Parnell Village Square, November 19, 1977. Auctioneer: Peter Webb.
PhotoForum Gallery, Wellington Repertory Theatre exhibitions, 1977:
Graeme Gillies, Astra March 24–April 7
National Museum photos of World War 1 amputees, Limbies May 4–8
Jocelyn Carlin, Athol McCredie, Robin McKinlay, Scapes June 15–26
Tom Fraser and Paul Johns, Andrew July 27–August 7
CBA Bank venue:
Wellington, Look At It Now September 26–October 7
Grey Street gallery:
Joseph D. Jachna Jr., Door County Landscapes December 3–16
PhotoForum/Wellington co-curate the Ex Camera exhibition at the Society of Arts, 1977. (Ronald D. Woolf resigns as judge in protest of the selection)
PhotoForum Exhibition 1977: Contemporary New Zealand Photography
plus PhotoForum/Wellington’s show Wellington Thomas Gordon Cody
September 10–25, Auckland Museum
Twenty photographers selected by Gillian Chaplin, Tom Hutchins, and Des Kelly: Anne Noble, Terry O’Connor, Peter Peryer, Bruce Foster, Gary Blackman, Alan Leatherby, Ben Boer, Murray Hedwig, Merylyn Tweedie, Rachel (Feather) Kibutza, John Johns, Terry Austin, Rod Wills, Rhondda Bosworth, Paul Gilbert, Sharyn Black, Tom Fraser, Len Wesney, Laurence Aberhart, and Murray Cammick
New Photographers Open Exhibition
Building Centre, Victoria Street, Auckland, March 22–April 3, 1977.
Selectors Frank Hoffman, Tom Hutchins, and Pamela Karwowski.
Six French Photographers
Exhibition toured by the French Consul, shown at the Building Centre, Victoria Street, Auckland, February 1977 with support of Photo-Forum. Artists include Izis Bidermanas, Brassaï, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Robert Doisneau, and Marc Riboud
Photo-Forum ’76
September 4–19, 1976, Auckland Museum
Initiated by Ben Boer, includes thirty-three photographers: Marti Friedlander, Terry O’Connor, Kurt Otzen, Gillian Chaplin, Peter Black, Peter Robson, Greg Stevens, Louise Wilson, Grant Alexander, Graeme Reinhardt, Paul Hewson, John B. Turner, Terry Austin, Sharyn Black, Doreen Emmet, Linda Gair, Trevor Ulyatt, Stuart Young, Simon Buis, Tere Batham, Bruce Connew, Jim Payne, David Fowler, Reg Feuz, Hank Cavendish, George Baloghy, Richard Buckley, Peter Peryer, Bruce Foster, Ted Quinn, Richard Wotton, Pamela Karwowski, Colin Parrish
PhotoForum Gallery, Wellington Taj Mahal exhibitions, 1976:
Anne Noble, Taking Off May 31–June 14
Wellington Thomas Gordon Cody May 6–20
Ans Westra, A Private View September 20–30
Photographs by Trevor Ulyatt and posters by Frank Wylie November 15–28
PhotoForum/Wellington formed, May 19, 1976. PhotoForum Gallery established, initially mounting exhibitions in the ‘Taj Mahal’, a converted public toilet facility.
New Photographers, New Photographs
March 20–April 10, 1976, 3rd Floor, Building Centre, 28th Auckland Festival.
Includes Terry O’Connor, Jane Zusters, Stuart Mackenzie, Tom Elliott, Chris Baker, Rhondda Bosworth, Colin Parrish, Hank Cavendish, Pamela Karwowksi, Paul Hewson, Michael Crook, Paul Annear, and Bruce Foster. (Reviewed by Gary Baigent in PhotoForum 33).
Edward Weston: Fifty Photographs
1976. PhotoForum support the Barrington Gallery’s 1976 touring exhibition and Cole Weston’s accompanying visit, March–September (assistance includes organising lectures and workshops).
The Active Eye: Contemporary New Zealand Photography
May 1975, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North and toured nationally.
Initiated by John B. Turner for PhotoForum and Manawatu Director Luit Beiringa.
A major survey with 104 photographs by 52 photographers, selected by Tom Hutchins, John B. Turner, and Gordon H. Brown. Photographs by Laurence Aberhart, T.V. Austin, Gary Baigent, Gary Blackman, Ben Boer, Justin Boroughs, Rhondda Bosworth, Joan Brown, Simon Buis, Glenn Busch, Murray Cammick, Dean Camp, Neil Carrie, Fiona Clark, Richard Collins, Bryony Dalefield, John S. Daley, Gregg Devereux, Brian Donovan, John Eastcott, John Fields, Michael Fitzgerald, Ken Foster, davis A. Fowler, Marti Friedlander, Murray Hedwig, Paul Hewson, Gary Ireland, Dave King, Graham Kirk, Steven la Plant, Graeme Leng-Ward, Darius McCallum, Allan McDonald, Jon Magill, Janet Mayo, John Miller, Mac Miller, Robin Morrison, Max Oettli, Peter Peryer, Mick Smith, Clive Stone, Do van Toan, Roger Tolladay, Noel A. Trustrum, Trevor Ulyatt, Kay Ungemuth, Len Wesney, Ans Westra, David S, Whyte, Stuart Young. Morals campaigners object to words written on some of Fiona Clark’s works, and the show is cancelled or censored in some venues for fear of prosecution under indecency laws.
About Photographs
Building Centre, Victoria Street, Auckland, May 26–June 7, 1975
Organised by Ben Boer, Simone van Delden, and Colin Parrish along with seminar and lecture series of the same name, in conjunction with Centre for Continuing Education. Photographers include Laurence Aberhart, John Fields, Paul Gilbert, Paul Hewson, Ian Macdonald, Angela Middleton, and Noel Trustrum . (Reviewed by Rod Wills Photo-Forum 28).
