Above: detail from Lee Brogan’s Wild Seed
Launches and talks
Te Papa, L2, Wellington foyer, Saturday 10 August
10.30 – 10.50am
Howard Greive
Launch: sub-division
For several years Howard has followed the development of a coastal subdivision in Aotearoa New Zealand. sub-division is both document and response
11am – 11.20am
Rim Books
Launch: In Some Smothering Dreams - Camus Wyatt, with Deidra Sullivan in attendance
11. 30am – 11.50am
Lee Brogan
Launch:
1. wild seed with the associated accordion-fold zine harvest
Documenting the transformation of a degraded and invaded landscape to thriving foodforest and native bush through rewilding and regenerative permaculture
2. in search of the snowy bolete
A journey into the underworld in search of one of NZ’s most surprising yet elusive organisms
3. somewhere to escape to
Exploring the intersection between our most wild and iconic landscapes and the traces we leave on them
4.1984, finalist in the Australia & New Zealand Photobook Awards
An autobiographical, chronological study of far-off lands in a far-off time
12noon – 12.20pm
Johnny McCormack & Meighan Ellis
Tāmaki Makaurau based photographer Johnny McCormack in conversation with artist Meighan Ellis introduce TEMPORAL–recently a shortlisted finalist in the 2024 Australian & New Zealand Photobook Awards and the 2023 DINZ Best Design Awards. TEMPORAL–documented over five years across fault lines, islands, and coastlines throughout Aotearoa, follows the ravages of geologic time scales, climatic weathering, tectonic uplift and glacial drift etched into a landscape in flux
12.30pm – 12.50pm
Rim Books
Launch: Thread Between Darkness & Light - Stella Brennan, with Susan Ballard, Lissa Mitchell, Kirsty Baker in attendance
1pm – 1.20pm
Hildy Law – Director of the Hong Kong Photo Festival
Introducing the winners and finalists of the 2023 Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Awards
1.30pm – 1.50pm
PhotoForum
Launch: four new photobooks, designed by the award-winning graphic designer Jonty Valentine, to mark the 50th anniversary of PhotoForum. Christopher Matthews, The Doghouse; Caroline McQuarrie, This Blasted Heath; Clayton Morgan, Terra Obscura and Jenny Tomlin, Slow Light
2pm – 2.20pm
Ben K. C. Laksana & Rara Sekar Larasati
Sharing from the Arkademy Project experiences in photography education, this talk will illustrate how engaging with photography can empower individuals and communities to document their realities, articulate their narratives, and advocate for social change. By exploring first hand examples, the talk aims to demonstrate the transformative potential of photography education in fostering political awareness and collective action.
2.30pm – 2.50pm
Athol McCredie, Curator Photography, Te Papa
A preview of Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer (released in September), and the selection of over 150 images that showcase a remarkable body of work