Welcome to Festival Zone for the 2nd week of Festival June 2012. Entries are coming in fast for Nikon Auckland Photo Day so don't forget if you want to submit yours you have until 5pm on Friday 15th. Don't leave it to the last minute as it gets very busy and takes time for the images to load up. Plus next week, from the 20th June, is the introduction of our first ever People's Choice on the website. The judges Ken Newell, Nikon, Chris Traill, FNZIPP and Kellie Blizard, Herald on Sunday will have their shortlist for their overall winner of Nikon Auckland Photo Day on view and from this shortlist you can vote for the very first People's Choice winner.
Big Ted Flys - Auckland (File photo)
Send in your 9th June photo entries for our public participation competition, Nikon Auckland Photo Day. Win a great package of prizes, 1st prize -
A Nikon D7000 Kit with 18-105 lens -
- 16.2 megapixels
- DX-format CMOS image sensor & EXPEED2 processing engine
- AF sensor module with 39 effective focus points
- D-Movie for recording and editing of full HD movies
- 4Gb SD memory card.
- And watch a great BBC documentary series called "The Genius of Photography" with your friends and family. Check terms and conditions here. And keep an eye out for the shortlisted entries on the website and take part in our People's Choice vote.
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James K Lowe annual fine arts commission
LH Camper New - James K Lowe 2012 Commission
This wonderful emerging talent has been the recipient of this year's Commission from the Auckland Festival of Photography Trust. We are delighted to support James's work on show now at the Aotea Gallery, Aotea Center til 24th June. James K Lowe is a 23-year-old graduate from Elam School of Fine Arts. James is relatively new to the art of photography, having begun experimenting while at Elam, but already he demonstrates a sophisticated style and very particular point of view. His meticulous photography is influenced by existentialist philosophy and also heavily informed by film - his images carefully constructed to create a heightened naturalism. His photographs suggest captured moments within a larger narrative, a larger unknown which happens before and after the image. Congratulations to James for his continuing series of works in this exhibition in Festival 2012.
Talking Culture Sunday Series at Auckland Art Gallery
Presented by Lowepro. Sunday 17th June, 1pm hear Ron Brownson, Senior Curator New Zealand and Pacific Art presents a talk on Pacific camera artists in the Auckland Art Gallery collections and shows. Ron is a great speaker and has expert knowledge on his subject. At 3pm Curator of Photographs, Natalie Marshall, from Alexendar Turnbull Collection in Wellington will tell the story of this important photography archival collection and the work she does. More here.
Exhibitions this week and next week:
Almost every exhibition is open and don't forget all our exhibitions are FREE and across the Auckland region, so there's lots to see. Within the regional Festival programme, loads of local signature and fringe exhibitions, talks, workshops are on in your neighbourhood galleries & community spaces in Titirangi, Papakura, Parnell, Herne Bay and plenty in central city areas (plus see Festival Calendar for all shows):
From next Friday this amazing international exhibition opens at the Auckland Museum for the closing weekend of the Festival - Wildlife Photographer of The Year.
| Photography | Gow Langsford Gallery | 13 June | |
| Richard Orjis | Melanie Roger Gallery | 14 June | |
| Landscape Photography | Kinder House | 14 June | |
| Convergence | Black Asterisk Gallery | 15 June | |
| Mary Macpherson - Old New World | Lopdell House Gallery | 15 June | |
| Shaun Garea - A Dream | Lopdell House Gallery | 15 June | |
| Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Auckland Museum | Opens 22 June | |
| Lisa Reihana - Nga Hau e Wha | Papakura Art Gallery | 23 June | |
| Moonbug | Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium | 24 June |
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 last month. See here to subscribe. May's lucky winner was Alison D'Agostino.
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