Programme

The Auckland Festival of Photography is open to programme any exhibition which celebrates photography. We encourage festival participation from all levels of exhibitors including from Galleries, Venues, Artists and community groups. We aim to make this as easy as possible.

Signature/Core Programme.

The 2010 Festival dates will be - Friday 4 June to 27 June 2010

A 3 week long festival including the finest photography the region has to offer and featuring core exhibitions and signature events of the Festival. The core signature programme is planned to include the very popular events like Festival Tuesday, Auckland Photo Day, Talking Culture series and our Light Nights programme. 

It's part of our natural artistic development for the Festival in it's 7th year.

If you represent photographers who are due for, or are planning an exhibition of their work then all you need to do is send an expression of interest and provide an overview of the artists and work. Try to schedule the exhibition within the festival timeframe - in June starting Queens Birthday weekend for three weeks.

Exhibition duration can vary from three weeks, two weeks to a weekend special event and can include an artist's or curator's talk under the Talking Culture banner. Shows which start more than two weeks out from the Festival start date (i.e before 20 May 2010) may be included in the Fringe programme.

You will need to register your interest with us to be part of the Festival by the end of January each year. To all of you who have registered and who have confirmed with us your exhibition details by late January, we will forward a link to our programme submission form. You must complete this form by the due date - you must send us all your exhibition promotional details - including text, promotional exhibition photos, logos. These are usually needed by mid February.

See FAQ for guidelines for Festival entry. Any expressions of interest for 2011 for your Gallery or venue can be sent for Manukau or Waitakere or North Shore or any Auckland City area expressions of interest should be forwarded to info.photo.festival@xtra.co.nz from Sept 2010 or call the Festival Office on 09- 307-7055.

Copyright - Frank Habicht. From 2007 exhibition at Gow Langsford Gallery

Fringe Programme - Artists, Clubs and Groups

In 2010 the new look Festival will strengthen our open access, community and artist driven exhibitions which have been the cornerstone of the Festival since it's inception in 2004. The Fringe programme is an ideal vehicle for photographers to showcase their work alongside the curated signature shows and for visitors to view new photographic works by emerging and established Auckland and international photographers. Participation in the Fringe programme is by agreement between photographers and venues and the Festival Trust. There are no barriers to participation on experience, background, or style. Entry is open to all photographers who can pull together an exhibition. As with previous Festival's overall programme, the new Fringe programme is expected to provide an eclectic mix of work.

The support for the annual Festival has grown significantly since 2004, with 30,000 audience numbers across the regional exhibitions and events since 2008, and 32,000 website viewers in the last 12 months.

We encourage exhibitions from any individuals and collectives. These groups and individuals must locate a space to exhibit and follow the same process for submission as the galleries and venues.  Do you need a Gallery to be in the Festival? Not really, the Festival encourages the use of public spaces, any alternative venue,  since our first Festival in 2004 photographers have shown their work in a variety of non gallery spaces;

• Church Halls
• Swimming Pool
• Libraries
• Bowling Clubs
• Shop Windows
• Billboards
• Projection onto buildings
• Sports Stadiums
• Online web based
• Schools
• Educational Institutes
• Artist collectives
• CBD Foyers
• Migrant Resource Centre
• Retail Outlets
• Alliance Francaise
• Cafes
• Community Centres
• Dance Studios
• SKYCITY Entertainment Centre

 All these types of alternative venues would require a bit of research. We suggest you approach the spaces and venues directly. Photographic visual arts in the community are encouraged by the Festival, as part of our participation strategy which provides for subtle interventions in the landscape with photography.

Contact info.photo.festival@xtra.co.nz from Sept 2010 to register your interest or phone the Festival Office on 09-307-7055.

The Festival does not provide any direct financial assistance to venues, galleries or artists. We are however happy to provide letters of support for funding applications by venues and artists.