Capturing Climate Change
The Auckland Festival of Photography is kicking off its Talking Culture series by showcasing Climate Change and Environmental Photography on World Environment Day.
Four leading national and international photographers will show and discuss their work on Saturday 5 June at the Aotea Centre during a free one-day-only, limited seating Symposium.
Talking Culture Coordinator, Isabella Sullivan says “the symposium is a first for New Zealand and the Festival that photographers who are at the forefront of documenting environmental and climate change issues, gather together to create dialogue around their work. Each of the four photographers were invited for their different styles and individual regional focus (New Zealand, Australia, South Pacific and Antarctica)”.
Award winning documentary photographer Rodney Dekker (Melbourne, Australia) has extensively photographed the effects of drought, floods and bushfires in Australia and is bringing his work to New Zealand for the first time. An environmental scientist, Dekker has a passion for photographing moments that communicate a social and/or environmental message.
Established artist Jocelyn Carlin (Auckland, NZ) specialises in ‘socially anthropologic’ images and focuses on Pacific stories from Kiribati and Tuvalu, the latter nine-island archipelago experiencing rising water levels due to climate change.
Emerging Peter Evans (Auckland NZ) brings a socio-political approach to his work, lately photographing sites around New Zealand after graduating from Elam where he wrote ‘Manipulated by the human hand’.
Plus key note speaker Massey University Professor Anne Noble, ONZM MFA, (Wellington, NZ) will be sharing elements of her WHITEOUT and ANTARTICA projects undertaken during a seven week sojourn to the polar ice plateau.
In addition two international exhibitions - One Planet, One Chance by Magnum in Motion and Stumps of Silence by Japanese artist Masaki Hirano – will be on display at the symposium.
The annual Auckland Festival of Photography is New Zealand’s largest free public art event and attracts more than 30,000 audience each year. Full details on all 69 exhibitions may be found at www.photographyfestival.co.nz.
Climate Change and Environmental Photography Symposium
Goodman Fielder Room, Aotea Centre, Greys Ave, Auckland
10.30am -4pm, Saturday 5 June 2010
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 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")
