Photobook New Zealand 2016

Massey University, Wellington

11 - 13 March, 2016

Opening Party: Friday, 11 March, 5.30 – 7.30pm

All day Book Fair: Saturday, 12 March, 9.30am – 6.00pm

Welcome (The Pit*) Saturday, 12 March 10.00am

Ying Ang - The Gold Coast Unveiled Saturday, 12 March 10.15 – 11.15am
Award-winning photobook exploring a darker side of the tourist paradise with allusive photographs and texts. Melbourne/New York based Ying talks about all aspects of making and distributing the book Gold Coast.

Launch and lunch (floor event) Saturday, 12 March, 11.45am
Grab a bite from our lunch table and help celebrate the launch of exciting new photobooks
Bruce Connew: Body of Work
Harry Culy: new titles from Bad News Books
Tim J Veling: D, P, O (Dad, Pete, Opa)
Serena Giovanna Stevenson: No English Darling

Autobiography in photographs Saturday, 12 March, 1.30 – 2.30pm
Tim J Veling talks about his photography and book making practice, highlighting his autobiographical bodies of work Pre-marital Bliss, D, P, O (Dad, Pete, Opa), and Red Bus Diary.

Photobooks of the Asia Pacific region Saturday, 12 March 2.35 – 3.35pm
Daniel Boetker-Smith discusses the unique collection of photobooks in the Melbourne-based Asia Pacific Photobook archive and opportunities for getting your book into the world.

The book as exhibition (Floor talk) Saturday, 12 March, 3.40 – 4.00pm
Open Book is a travelling exhibition of experimental photobooks by twelve New Zealand artists. Coordinator Shelley Jacobson talks about the project.

New Zealand Photobooks – From Daniel Louis Mundy’s Rotomahana to Harvey Benge’s Le Flâneur Saturday, 12 March, 4.15 – 5.15pm
Ron Brownson: Illustrated books have a long history in New Zealand. Daniel Louis Mundy made the first book with images, Harvey Benge now makes a number of books every year. The diversity and intention of local photobooks shows the vitality of the medium.

Getting your photobook into the world Sunday, 13 March, 9. 30 – 10.30am
What does it take to give your photobook legs? As the world of photobooks expands, so do the strategies for distribution. This panel brings together three outstanding practitioners who are working hard to shift books locally and internationally. Harvey Benge –Internationally published photobook author, Bruce Connew – Social and political documentary photographer and bookmaker, Anita Tótha – Director of Remote Books, NZ photobook distributors. Chair: David Cook – photographer, bookmaker, Massey University lecturer.

Photobooks on film Sunday, 13 March 11.00am – 12.00pm
Documentary film screening of Pictures on Paper – Photobooks in New Zealand (film 30 min.) presented by the Tangent Photography Collective (Becky Nunes and Anita Totha) - featuring Haruhiko Sameshima, Ann Shelton, Harvey Benge, Shelley Jacobson, Solomon Mortimer and David Cook.

Designing the perfect photobook Sunday, 13 March, 12.15 – 1.15pm
How do designers and photographers work together to make strong photobooks? Three of New Zealand’s leading photobook designers (with enough awards between them to sink a flotilla) discuss the language of the photobook, materiality and the emergent e-book. Catherine Griffiths – Independent designer and typographer, Neil Pardington – Photographer and Base Two creative director, Jonty Valentine – Graphic designer and co-producer of The National Grid. Chair – Libby Jeffery, Marketing Manager, Momento Pro.

Winner revealed Sunday, 13 March, 1.15pm
Libby Jeffery announces the Peoples’ Choice winner in the New Zealand Photobook Of The Year Awards.

Photobook New Zealand is supported by Creative New Zealand, Massey University’s College of Creative Arts, PhotoForum Inc, Boosted crowd funding and the New Zealand Festival’s Writers Week 2016.

Photos by Geoff Short for PhotoForum