2025 Festival Talks and Workshops + Openings - Bookings may be requested - please visit the links below:
PRE-FESTIVAL
Sat 24 May
2pm: Artist Talk - Melt: A Strangely Beautiful Interior at Skar Image Lab: Wendy Brandon, Aotearoa.
DURING FESTIVAL
Thurs 29 May
By appt: Interviews/Reviews - Festival Office - Zoe Isle de Beauchaine - The Eye of Photography, France.
Friday 30 May
By appt: Interviews/Reviews - Festival Office - Zoe Isle de Beauchaine - The Eye of Photography, France.
Sat 31 May
10:30am-4pm: Wetplate photography sessions at Highwic: Adrian Cook, Aotearoa. (fees apply)
2-3pm: Talk - Remarkable Survivors: Saving New Zealand’s History One Photograph at a Time at Auckland Central Library: Keith Giles - Photography Curator, Aotearoa.
4pm: Talking Culture From Stage to Stillness – Maryanne Bilham, Aotearoa. at Little Rosie's Cafe.
5pm: Webinar - AI and the Death of Photography - Online: Jon Carapiet, Aotearoa.
Sun 1 June
12-3pm: Photobook Panel at Auckland Central Library: Daylight Books - Michael Itkoff, Wendy Brandon, Alice Connew and MC - Alasdair Foster.
10:30am-4pm: Wetplate photography sessions at Highwic: Adrian Cook, Aotearoa. (fees apply)
Mon 2 June
12pm - 1pm: "Sustain' theme talk by Michael Itkoff, attending guest Chris Corson-Scott. Helen Clark Room, Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland.
2-4pm: Portfolio Reviews with Michael Itkoff, Professional, amateur, student, hobby photographers and the general public are invited to bring in their images for the reviewers to see and give feedback on. Bring prints or your own computer or tablet to view. The public can also drop by. Sessions will be 20 minutes one on one. Bookings essential.
Wed 4 June
6pm: Book launch: Lamplight Books (G01/100 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland) with Michael Itkoff, Daylight Books and Chris Corson-Scott, Artist & Writer. Chris Corsen-Scott will be discussing themes from The Afterglow of Industry. This ever-relevant monograph brings together photographs from a ten-year project in which artist Chris Corson-Scott repeatedly travelled the extent of Aotearoa New Zealand, seeking out unknown, or remote sites which illuminate our dysfunctional present.
Sat 7 June
2pm: Artist Talk - Peace Mona Lisa at Tawhiao Gallery: Jon Carapiet, Aotearoa.
Sun 8 June
11:30-12:30pm: Panel Discussion led by photographer Edith Amituanai, discussing Mark Adams at Auckland Art Gallery.
2-3pm: Artist Tour: Mark Adams and Chris Corson-Scott at Auckland Art Gallery.
Wed 11 June
12 (noon)-2pm Student Presentations - Documentary Photography at Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa, Massey University: Hobsonville Point Secondary School Students.
Sun 15 June
10am-3pm: Photography Workshop - Learn How to Take a Pinhole Photograph at Highwic: Jenny Tomlin (fees apply)
OPENINGS:
Thurs 15 May
5:30pm - Deborah Kelland at Little Rosie's Cafe
Sat 17 May
1pm - Gerald Lopez at Northart Gallery
Thurs 22 May
5:30-7:30pm - Wendy Brandon at Skar Image Lab
5:30pm - Conor Clarke at Two Rooms
Wed 28 May
5:30-7pm - Kate van der Drift at Sanderson
Fri 30 May
6-8pm - Lindsay Esler & Dale Bailey at John Kinder House
5-7pm - Annie (Jong) Park and the Kumeu Photo Group at Kumeu Arts
Sat 31 May
2pm - From the Collection at Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa, Massey University
Sun 1 June
4-8pm - Chris Meville and Peter Grahame at Lake House Arts Centre
Thurs 5 June
5pm - Jon Carapiet at Tawhiao Art Salon
Fri 6 June
6pm - Jago Neal at The Upstairs Gallery
6pm - Jenny Tomlin at Artor Contemporary
Sat 7 June
2.15pm - John Botton at Art Collective
3pm - Alice Connew at Skar Image Lab
Tues 10 June
4pm - Students: New Zealand Certificate of Steiner Education (NZCSE) at Titirangi Village Bus Stop
6pm - Kirk Lafferty at Myers Park Caretakers Historical Cottage
Fri 13 June
5pm - Kaipara College Year 12 & 13 students + Helensville community photographers at Helensville Art Centre
