Nikon Auckland Photo Day 2016

Nikon Auckland Photo Day is an open access public
competition run over a period of 24 hours. For
one day only, you are asked to capture still or
moving imaging that reflects your Auckland.
If the image is good enough to show your
friends and family - your built-in audience - it
might be good enough to win 1st Prize in
Nikon Auckland Photo Day.

This one day event celebrates the many diverse
pockets of culture and identity present
in New Zealand’s biggest city. Celebrated
in a spirit of fun, this event also fulfils the
important role of documenting a day in the life of Auckland.

For Auckland Photo Day in 2016, we are embracing fully the time
element of the 24 hour day aligning advances
in technology which make it so easy for the
creation of time-lapse or video or short films.
So we are introducing a new strand to the
competition - so it’s possible to capture your
day with moving image and submit it to the
new category.

Dont forget all imaging must be taken and
shot on the day itself, it must be new work not
existing work you already have. Prizes, judges,
terms & conditions on our website.

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2014’s winner is Dave Barker’s image Time for a Fag which shows a newly-wed couple relaxing at the water’s edge. Judges praised the top photograph for its “fortuitously captured and intriguing moment bathed in a golden light - a photograph that asks questions of the people, customs, traditions and consumption. It’s brilliant because of the multiple readings that can emerge from this single image. A split world of idealism versus reality.”  

Second prize went to Katie Quinney’s engaging photograph, Rugby People, of faces of fans at Eden Park. The judges said: “A decisive moment capturing a lone English supporter amidst a chaotic scene of varying reactions, made more intriguing by the reversed emphasis away from the game”.

Third prize was awarded to Chris van Ryn's image Lazyboy Time, with a photograph of a building site with three men taking a “smoko”. The judges commented: “A building site becomes an outdoor lounge for three men relaxing, using wheelbarrows as loungers, it’s an outdoor setting with the intimacy of a living room”.