In 1994, PhotoForum presented the exhibition Open the Shutter: Auckland Photographers Now at the Auckland Museum. The work of 40 photographers was curated by Ron Brownson of the Auckland City Art Gallery.
A video produced by PhotoForum at the time focussed on the work of 16 photographers.
Produced and directed by Stu Sontier and Jon Carapiet for PhotoForum.
Filmed and edited by Nikki Wood, 1994.
Digitised and presented here as part of our 50th anniversary celebration
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Warisara Thomson
Published as PhotoForum #97
A response by Georgia Carr for PhotoForum
March 2024
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50 Years and 100 issues of PhotoForum, (maybe, depending on how you count them)
Former PhotoForum Director (2012-2022) Geoffrey Short runs the numbers.
February 2024
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 10: A case for more curators, The Simple Image, and Barry Clothier & John Turner’s Artides Gallery exhibition in 1965
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PhotoForum invites submissions for a series of open calls.
1. 50th Anniversary set of publications
2. Online Exhibitions
3. PhotoForum #101 and #102
The Open Call has been extended. Submissions now close on 8 November 2023.
We look forward to your photobook and online exhibition proposals.
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Poppy Lekner, Johanna Mechen, Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka, Petra Scheuber, Kate van der Drift, Virginia Woods-Jack
Sanderson Contemporary Art Gallery, Auckland
29/08/23 - 24/09/23
Curated by Women in Photography NZ + AU
Essay by Deidra Sullivan
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Lissa Mitchell
Through Shaded Glass. Women and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860–1960
Published by Te Papa Press, June 2023
Written by Lissa Mitchell, Curator Historical Photography at Te Papa, Through Shaded Glass takes the reader on a journey through the backrooms of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photographic studios, into private homes, out onto the street and up into the mountains, and looks at the range of photographic practices in which women were involved. Through superb images and fascinating individual stories, it brings an important group of photographers into the light.
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 9: Collection case studies: Tom Hutchins, Paul Gilbert, Max Oettli and Barry Myers
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 8: Canterbury Museum & Christchurch Art Gallery
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 7: Internal Affairs & Heritage Departments
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 6: Auckland War Memorial Museum & Auckland Libraries
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Michael Mahne Lamb in conversation with Harry Culy
2023
Interview by Harry Culy for PhotoForum
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 5: Auckland Art Gallery & Alexander Turnbull Library
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Max Oettli
A special PhotoForum featured portfolio, December 2022
Max Oettli, founding president of PhotoForum Inc., has made many informal portraits of photographers over the years. Here he offers a selection, along with some commentary in his own unique style.
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 4: Gael Newton: Parting with your art & Photographers’ Archives
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