Talking Culture Sunday Series
11am Sun 31 May: TALK - John Miller with Ron Brownson
Documentary photographer John Miller (Ngaitewake-ki-uta, Uritaniwha, Ngati Rehia hapu of Ngapuhi) discusses his work with Ron Brownson, Senior Curator, New Zealand & Pacific Art. John’s 1973 series of photographs taken at Te Kaha-nui-a-tiki marae will be on show in the Gibbs gallery.
1pm Sun 31 May: TALK - Alison Stieven-Taylor
Has the Critical Mirror Shattered - What is the Future for Photojournalism?
The impact of the Digital Age on traditional news organisations around the world has had a direct influence on the way photojournalists work. The decline of corporatised print news media has given rise to a new breed of photojournalism. Newspapers such as the New York Times are creating new and engaging ways to present photo essays. And individual photojournalists are taking publishing into their own hands.
International journalist and scholar Alison Stieven-Taylor has her finger on the pulse of change and she’ll be sharing examples of what is being produced around the world at Talking Culture.
3pm Sun 31 May: FILM - Pictures on paper
A short film by Tangent Collective 2015, duration 30 min.
The photo-book has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years. Combined with on-demand publishing it now offers photographers unprecedented and often unmediated access to audiences for their work. Made by Tangent Photo Collective, this short documentary charts some of the key moments in the history of the photo book in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The film, however, foregrounds the now: a slice of contemporary book making in the early 21st Century. It aims to intrigue, inspire and provoke debate around a medium that, in the Pacific at least, is still in its teenage years.
2pm Mon 1 June: FILM - Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2006)
Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years. She has photographed the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Masterful at exposing her photographic subjects, Leibovitz's own life has been private and protected. In this film, she bares her artistic process, her personal journey and her delicate balancing of fame and family. (M – Some nudity, drug references and war images, 83 mins)
10.15am-12.15pm Sat 6 June: WORKSHOPS - Photo Books
10.15 -11.15: First class travel photography + design a travel photo book with Paul Daly of Nomadic Expeditions. Paul is an award-winning NZ travel photographer for Nomadic Planet, he will reveal the best equipment for capturing and storing photos while on the road, different techniques used to shoot landscapes vs people, then demonstrate some basic editing tricks and how to layout photos in a professional looking book using Momento’s software. Seats are limited please book online
11.15 -12.15: Food styling, food photography + create your own recipe book with Sarah Tuck of From The Kitchen. Sarah will serve up practical tips on styling and photographing a simple but delicious dish, then we’ll show you how easy it is to design your own book - Momento Recipe Book. Seats are limited please book online
Venue: Auckland Central City Library, 44 - 46 Lorne Street, Auckland
1pm Sun 7 June: TALK - Laurence Aberhart in conversation with Ron Brownson, Senior Curator, New Zealand and Pacific Art. Often seen as one of the forefathers of New Zealand's contemporary photographic history, Aberhart has produced a body of work unrivalled in its intensity, richness and the layers of photographic and cultural history.
3pm Sun 7 June: FILM - Finding Vivian Maier (2013) is a critically acclaimed documentary about a mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and, discovered decades later. Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photographs, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her. (PG -83 mins).
11am Sun 21 June: TALK – Harvey Benge with Ron Brownson on Bookworks. “I work between Auckland and Paris. My interest lies in the strange anthropology of cities, observing and making photographs of the unusual and overlooked in the human landscape where nothing is as it seems. I make photographic series which evolve into bookworks.” Harvey Benge.
Sunday 28 June 1pm; TALK - Sandy Callister – New Zealand’s Great War Photography. Exhibition - ANZAC PHOTOGRAPHS BY LAURENCE ABERHART
Many of the 100,000 New Zealanders who went overseas to fight in WWI carried cameras with them, determined to capture their part in the ‘great adventure’. Soldiers were not the only ones to take photographs: cameras were also used by officials, journalists and medical staff. Join Sandy Callister, author of The Face of War: New Zealand’s Great War Photography for a revealing and candid illustrated talk on the images of WWI. The book will be available for purchase on the day. Auditorium free
Additional Public Programs
11am Sat 30 May: TALK - Saturday Gallery Club #5, Optical photography studio at Corban Estate Arts Centre
3.45pm Mon 1 June: TALK - Mikolaj Nowacki discusses his project Odra where he explores the river area of his youth and his work with local barge operators that capture traditional life in Poland in a contemporary photographic setting. Silo 6, Wynyard Quarter. Bring warm coats and scarves, limited heating and seating.
6pm Thurs 4 June: TALK - Artist Stuart Robertson discusses his work and the global photographic project Peace in 10,000 Hands at Gallery X, 1 Khartoum Place, Auckland, please see website for more information
12:30pm Sat 6 June: PANEL TALK - Talking Culture: Are we getting to the point where clean water is the new oil? Forum with Mark Amery, Peter Evans and Paul McNamara at Depot Main Gallery, Davenport
1pm Sat 6 June: CURATORS TOUR - David Langman within the exhibition Signature Series by John Fields at Gus Fisher Gallery
2pm Sat 6 June: TALK - Please join NZ Photographer Marie Shannon, in conversation with artist Rhona Eve Clews about her creative practice and exhibition Land and Sound. At Audio Foundation. Free.
10:30am-12pm Sat 13 June: WORKSHOP - Kids bring a digital camera or device to take experimental images in the optical photography studio set-up with lenses, kaleidoscopes, filters, magnifying glasses and more at Corban Estate Arts Centre
12pm Sat 13 June: CURATORS TOUR - Balamohan Shingade within the exhibition Te Taniwha & The Thread by Joyce Campbell at Uxbridge Centre for Arts and Culture
1pm Sat 13 June: TALK - CANCELLED - Fiona Amundsen exhibiting artist in conversation with Laura Suzuki at Gus Fisher Gallery
