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Mark Adams, Joyce Campbell, Conor Clarke, Megan Jenkinson and Sam Norton.
PhotoForum re-publish Virginia Were’s essay which was first commissioned to accompany the exhibition The Inevitable Mark Adams, Joyce Campbell, Conor Clarke, Megan Jenkinson and Sam Norton at Two Rooms.
Kate van der Drift
Sanderson Contemporary
28 May – 22 June, 2025
PhotoForum re-publish Virginia Were’s essay which was first commissioned to accompany Kate van der Drift’s exhibition Dance, Dance at Sanderson Contemporary.
Mark Adams • Greta Anderson • Denise Batchelor • Ziggy Bond • Caryline Boreham • Wendy Brandon • Cathy Carter • David Cowlard • Karen Crisp • Harry Culy • Tim D • Julie Downie • Luke Foley-Martin • Sue Gee • Derek Henderson • Christine Jeffs • Harry Lowe • Allan McDonald • Theo Macdonald • Anton Maurer • Shaday Moore • Sara Orme • John Pennington • Jess Preston • Yvonne Shaw • Ann Shelton • Geoffrey Short • Clive Stone • Jenny Tomlin • John B. Turner • Kate van der Drift • Tim J. Veling • Simon Young
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Closing event and celebration Saturday 6 December from 5 to 8pm
DEMO artspace, 3 Water St, Grafton, Auckland
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Conor Clarke
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
5 June - 11 July 2026
Opening preview Thursday 4 June 5.30 - 7.30 PM
Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography
Ann Shelton
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
5 June - 11 July 2026
Opening preview Thursday 4 June 5.30 - 7.30 PM
Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography
Including work byGary Blackman, Marti Friedlander, Ans Westra, Laurence Aberhart, Athol McCredie, Anne Noble, Evelyn Macpherson, Bruce Connew, Russ Flatt, Edith Amituanai, Harry Culy, Max Oettli, Tia Ranginui.
The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
208 Bridge StreetNelson
16 May - 30 August 2026
Mickey Smith
Sanderson
Osborne Lane, 2-4 Kent Street
Newmarket, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
27 May - 21 June 2026
Opening Friday 29 May, 5.30-7pm
Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography
Samuel Scully
Massey University Albany, Library Gallery
1 University Ave, Albany
30 May - 1 August 2026
Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography
Paul Gilbert
PwC Tower, HSBC Tower, Aon Centre, Jarden House and Deloitte Centre lobbies
15 Customs St West, Auckland Central
27 May - 17 June 2026
Part of the Auckland Festival of Photography
Simon Mark
Perseverance
A new photobook published by Simon Mark.
Design by Professor Anna Brown
Texts by Dr David Cross and Dr Martin Patrick
PhotoForum Member Portfolio, May 2026
“My work traces a movement from immersion within systems of power and hyper-reality toward observation, stillness, and presence.”
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Theo Macdonald reviews the updated New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa by Athol McCredie,
Published by Te Papa Press, 2025