Essay by David Cowlard
This essay was originally published in the catalogue for the exhibition invitation to the unsaid at Toi ō Wairake Gallery Unitec. The exhibition was curated by Allan McDonald and ran from 5-28 June, 2024, and featured the work of: Ziggy Bond, Karen Crisp, Shona Dey, Erin Gosselman, Karlene Groves, Steve Lovett, Marie Shannon, Yvonne Shaw, Lily Worrall and Suho Yoo.
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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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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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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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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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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 3: Significance, & Archives for Artists
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Notes on the collection of photographers’ collections for posterity
A PhotoForum discussion paper by John B Turner
Part 2: The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
A conversation with Athol McCredie on collecting photography
Bad News Books, Te Whanganui-a-Tāra, 2022
Reviewed for PhotoForum by David Eggleton, August 2022
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