Auckland Festival of Photography presents exclusively our media partnership with The New Zealand Herald, I Heart Lounge for portfolio reviews this May. Supported by Fujifilm NZ.
New Zealand photographic/visual imaging artists who are keen to take a step internationally and get some professional feedback, we are inviting NZ artists/photojournalists/documentary to meet with these esteemed international experts during the daytime for portfolio review meetings on Sunday 31st May, based at our Festival Talking Culture venue in the city.
If you are a participating photographer in the 2026 Festival or professional, amateur, student, hobby photographers are invited to discuss in their images for the reviewers to see and give feedback on. Show prints or your own computer or tablet to view.
Reviews with
- Naoko OHTA, Japan is president and CEO of Klee, Inc., which provides a wide range of art-related services, publisher, curator and executive director, Karuizawa Foto Festival, Japan.
- Hideko Kataoka, Picture Editor, Newsweek Japan. International judge, portfolio reviewer. World Press Photo jury chair Asia Pacific region 2024.
- Shen Chao-Liang, Former photojournalist, Professor Photography/VR Design Department at Huafan University, Taiwan
- Julia Durkin, MNZM, Festival founder, NZ, former World Press Photo Asia Pacific juror 2025.
If you would like to book in a time for the research and review of your portfolio, please email, subject; Portfolio Reviews - Sunday 31st May. Please state the best approx. time and an alternative option that you'd like to attend and share a link or PDF to the work you’d like to pesent to the reviewers.
Please send above to: [email protected] (Sessions will be confirmed by Friday 22nd May.)
The public can also drop by to view.
With special thanks to the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust and The NZ Herald and Fujifilm NZ.
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Talking Culture - Full Programme, please join us for one or all the presentations
Sat 30 May
11:15am - Lissa Mitchell (Aotearoa)
12pm - Naoko Ohta (Japan)
1pm - Hideko Kataoka (Japan)
2pm - Shen Chao-Liang (Taiwan)
3pm - Panel Discussion
Sun 31 May
10:30am-1:30pm - Portfolio Reviews
2pm - Panel Discussion
