Welcome to Festival Zone for May 2012. We are just 2 weeks out from the official start of the 9th annual Auckland Festival of Photography and eagerly await all 35 of the exhibition and events opening over Queens Birthday Weekend. There are also exhibitions opening before and during the Festival, making up 99 exhbitions and events in total. Dont miss the following special Festival events:
N I Azhar - Don't Let The Winds Blow You Away - Shortlist 2011 - Nikon Auckland Photo Day
Keep Saturday 9th June free for our public participation, day in the life of Auckland competition, Nikon Auckland Photo Day. On Saturday 2nd June, the opening weekend of the Festival in 2012 come along to the Aotea Gallery to see projections of work by internationally esteemed Magnum photographers Alex Webb, Susan Meiselas and Angkor Photo Festival selected photographer, Enrico Dagnino. Follow us on Facebook & Twitter for updates. Keep informed and participate for free.....
Magnum Projections - Susan Meiselas
Susan Meiselas; Costly Dream (c) Magnum Photos
Starting 2 June, presented by Lowepro, as part of the Talking Culture Symposium and series.
Exhibitions opening now and next week:
Within the regional roll-out of this year's Festival programme, check out this series of exhibitions including work by Ans Westra, Mark Adams and Haru Sameshima at St Paul St Gallery at AUT and local exhibitions in your neighbourhood galleries in Howick, Papakura, Pukekohe/Franklin and Northcote areas:
Kompong Thom (2009). (c) Vandy Rattana at "In spite of ourselves - approaching documentary" at St Paul St Gallery.
| Rewi Alley | Uxbridge Gallery |
| Girls Who Shoot / Boys Who Draw | Papakura Art Gallery |
| Bruce Connew: STOPOVER | Two Rooms |
| In spite of ourselves - approaching documentary | St Paul St Gallery |
| Together | The New Zealand Steel Gallery Franklin |
| Daniel Crooks | Two Rooms |
| FAM BAM! | Papakura Art Gallery |
| 1 Day 6 Cities | Northart Gallery |
| A Stranger Paradise | Northart Gallery 5 |
Boston University study abroad programme
Since 2008 our Festival has been hosting interns from the BU Study abroad programme. We have loved their involvement in our little Festival and have been very impressed by the calibre of the individuals involved. We are deeply saddened by the recent tragic accident. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with Kevin Martin, Course Co-ordinator and Anne, our 2012 Festival Intern for their loss.
Auckland Photo Blog - June theme
During June we have a public transport theme called Journeys: Bus Trains and Ferries - for your camera's to capture and be into win. Thanks to Maxx.
May is an Open Theme. Enter your photos here.
Subscriber Prize Draw sponsored by D Photo & Apix
Each month til end of 2012 Festival, one lucky subscriber to Festival Zone will be selected to win a free subscription to the D Photo Magazine worth $39.95 and plus a mystery product prize to the value of $50 from Apix each month. Tell your friends, family and networks to subscribe to Festival Zone to be in to win this month. See here to subscribe. May's lucky winner will be announced in June.
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