Auckland Festival of Photography 2010
The Auckland Festival of Photography launched its 7th festival with the introduction of the Signature and Fringe Programmes.
With some of the finest photography the region has to offer, the Signature Programme encompasses 25 exhibitions, providing depth and diversity. Incorporated into this programme are the festival’s signature events; Talking Culture, Gravity Festival Tuesday and Olympus Auckland Photo Day.
To celebrate the cornerstone open-access nature of the festival is the introduction of a Fringe Program featuring 44 exhibitions from all over the Auckland Region shown in spaces from shop windows, cafes, contemporary gallery spaces to digital online shows.
This year, festival patron is acclaimed photographer Harvey Benge. He says "It’s wonderful to see the festival continue to grow with a natural progression into two programmes, underlining the diversity and democratic nature of photography. More than any other festival I have seen, this festival encourages open access and participation."
Auckland Festival of Photography June 4-27 2010
Dates and highlights of the festival
- Saturday, 5th June (Aotea Centre)
Headlining the festival is the the Talking Culture Symposium on Climate Change and Environmental Photography. It will feature national and international photographers; Jocelyn Carlin (NZ), Rodney Dekker (Australia), Peter Evans (NZ), and Professor Anne Noble(ONZM MFA). This coincides with World Environment Day, 5th June, and includes one day exhibitions of Magnum in Motion, One Planet, One Chance, and Stumps of Silence by Japanese artist Masaki Hirano.
- Tuesday 8th June 9 galleries in Auckland city
Gravity Festival Tuesday returns this year building on one of last festival’s most successful events. With ten exhibitions over nine venues in a planned circuit of galleries and participants have the option of being ferried between venues in a fleet of minis.
- Saturday 12th June – Auckland wide
Olympus Auckland Photo Day – a key event of each year provides Aucklanders with the opportunity to capture their slice of Auckland at any given time in a 24 hour period. Entries are judged and the winner takes home a Olympus camera E620.
Signature programme’s exhibitions include;
- Gil Hanly’s ‘One of My Worlds’ and Rebecca Swan’s ‘Dying to Know’ exhibition at Whitespace Gallery 8 June - 26 June
- Fiona Pardington’s ‘Ahua: A Beautiful Hesitation’ at Two Rooms 27 May - 26 June
- ‘Visible Evidence’ documentary on photography by Leon Narby at the Film Archive 3 June - 30 June
- Gow Langsford presents ‘3x1’weekly exhibitions for photographers Bruce Jarvis (week 1), Simon Devitt (week 2), and Patrick Reynolds (week 3). 25 May - 12 June
Since its inception, the festival has been free to the public and continues to evolve as New Zealand’s biggest free public art event. 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 47,500 website viewers in the last 12 months. For all 69 exhibitions, full details can be found on the festival web site www.photographyfestival.org.nz.
For further information, artist interviews and hi-res images please contact:
Suzanne McNamara at Convergence Communications on 09 6388331 or 021 933 331 suzanne@conv.co.nz
Creative Exposure 2010 Festival is supported by
Major Funder:
ASB Community Trust
Event sponsors:
Gravity, Olympus, Waitakere City Council
Public funding support from Creative New Zealand, North Shore City ARST, Auckland City Council, North Shore City Creative Communities, Waitakere City Creative Communities, Auckland City Creative Communities, Lion Foundation, Manukau City Council Creative Communities and COGS Auckland City, Manukau and Waitakere.
Media sponsor: Newstalk ZB
Product sponsors: Apix, D-Photo, Fullers, Mini, NZ Post, P Q Blackwell.
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Auckland Festival of Photography TrustThe Auckland Festival of Photography is a city-wide contemporary art and cultural event which takes place within Auckland's major galleries, project spaces, non-gallery venues and public sites during June each year. The programme includes a mix of emerging and established artists and comprises existing works and creation of new work. The annual Creative Exposure Festival is produced by the Auckland Festival of Photography Trust.
The Trust is a not for profit charitable trust working to further the presence and awareness of photography in Auckland through joint programming, audience development and profile raising activities. It is registered with the Charities Commission, No: CC38839.
The Trust's goals and objectives are:
Supporting and encouraging local emerging photographers to develop and exhibit their work to the public in Auckland
Region-wide community partnerships and participation
Partnerships with relevant arts and cultural organizations and individuals in the art education and private sectors to facilitate the presentation of photography
A wide range of photographic arts stakeholders including public and commercial galleries and mainstream and cutting edge professional, exhibiting artists
Open-access programmes include "A Bit of a Do" and "Auckland Photo Day" and "Auckland Photo Blog" (online digital participation)
Representing cultural diversity through photographic exhibitions
Strengthen regional identity and assisting the development of cultural tourism in the region
MagnumPhotos.jpg "Five minute angst. From the series ‘The Adventures of Guille and Belinda’. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2000. © Alessandra Sanguinetti/Magnum Photos")
