Welcome to Festival Zone for the last week of May 2012. We are just 5 days out from the official start of the 9th annual Auckland Festival of Photography and all of the photographers' exhibitions and events opening over Queen's Birthday Weekend. Dont forget all our events are FREE so come along to the following special Festival events:
A Somali mother with shrapnel wounds living in an internally displaced persons camp. Nikki Denholm.
Keep next Saturday 2nd June free for our opening weekend of the Festival in 2012. Come along to the Aotea Center to hear Bruce Connew (NZ) , Nikki Denholm (NZ), Alfredo Bini (Italy) and Matt Daw (UK) talk about Crossing Borders. Projections of work by internationally esteemed Magnum photographers Alex Webb, Susan Meiselas and Angkor Photo Festival selected photographer, Enrico Dagnino will also show in the Aotea Gallery from next weekend. Follow us on Facebook & Twitter for updates. Keep informed and participate for free.....
Festival Projections - Enrico Dagnino
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Enrico Dagnino; Immigrants Forced to Return. Courtesy of Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia.
Starting 2 June, presented by Lowepro, as part of the Talking Culture Symposium and series.
Auckland Photo Blog - June theme
During June we have a public transport theme called Journeys: Bus Trains and Ferries - take a public transport themed photo and be in to win. Thanks to MAXX.
Véronique Cornille: Saudi mother & daughter, wearing abaya, on the Devonport ferry during a visit to family in Auckland
May is an Open Theme. Enter your photos here.
Talking Culture Sunday Series at Auckland Art Gallery
Sunday 3rd June, 1pm Sam Harris and 3pm Asia Pacific Photoforum debate in the auditorium. More here.
Exhibitions next week:
Within the regional roll-out of this year's Festival programme, check out work by German artist, Jon Adrie Hoekstra at Whitespace, Donna Sarten & Bernie Harfleet at Corbans Estate Arts Centre, award winning Lucy Hughes, talented emerging artist at Orex Gallery and loads of local fringe exhibitions in your neighbourhood galleries and community spaces in Hillsborough, Devonport, Papatoetoe, Matakana & Herne Bay areas (plus see Festival Calendar for all shows):
Norm by Bernie Harfleet at Corbans Estate Arts Center opening 31st May at 6pm
| Recent Acquisitions to the Wallace Arts Trust Collection | The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Art Centre | 29May | |
| Jon Adrie Hoekstra - Nachtrecorder | Whitespace | 29May | |
| Past, Present and Future Lodge | Bath Street Gallery | 29May | |
| Chiwi - A Way of Life | The Pah Homestead, TSB Bank Wallace Art Centre | 29May |
Untitled by Trevor Penman - Flip, Flop and fly - pancakes at Papatoetoe 1966
| Looking at Auckland through the windows of Devonport | Multiple windows around Devonport | 1June | |
| Flip, flop and fly! - pancakes at Papatoetoe, 1966 | Youthline Manukau Community Development Centre | 1June | |
| Occupy | The Depot Artspace | 1June | |
| Auckland Photo Day 2011 | Matakana Information Centre | 1June | |
| 91 | Toi Ora | 1June | |
| jux·ta·po·si·tion | 83 Shelly Beach Road | 1June | |
| Lucy Hughes - Photographs... | Orexart Gallery | 1June | |
| Worm's Eye View at Edendale Primary School | Okra Espresso Lounge & Gallery | 1June | |
| Norm & Noeleen | Corban Estate Arts Centre | 1June |
Plus Auckland Libraries present "Auckland Then and Now" - 1st June at Central Library in Lorne Street:
Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. 1-W1555
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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