Festival Of Photography Wraps Up
All for a good cause!! You are in for a treat if you head to Little Rosie’s Cafe in Parnell between 18th June and 23rd July. The fabulous Lynn Clayton has brought together 25 Women Photographers to raise funds for Breast Cancer.
With no theme this will be an eclectic mix of each artists best work that we know you will enjoy! The best part is that 50% of the proceeds are donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Little Rosie’s Cafe | 82 Gladstone Rd | Parnell | 18th June to 23rd July
Open 6:30am – 4.00pm daily
OPENING – SATURDAY 21ST JUNE 4-6PM
with a guest speaker from the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Apply For The Kowhai Residency
The Kowhai Residency for New Zealand based photographic/visual imaging artists who are keen to take a step internationally and have professional development time in Japan is now taking applications. This is a photography-based residency in one the world’s best cities and is an exclusive cultural innovation for NZ – Japan photographic ties. It is one of two residencies that have been established in the programme.
Research – around August/Sept and Creator residency around November/December each year, 2023-2025.
Are you keen to step out of your comfort zone and push your creative practice? Apply now for the Research residency which offers return economy flight to Tokyo from Auckland, 5 weeks accommodation and a weekly cash stipend and weekly mentor session with our Japanese residency partner, T3 Tokyo Photo Festival founder & director, Ihiro Hayami. The value of the above is NZ$8500, supporting your practice, concept and research.
Sponsored by the Auckland Festival of Photography Trust and The Bass Player Ltd, applications close on the 21st June.
Congratulations Meg Lipscombe!
Image credit: Meg Lipscombe FPSNZ – Pine Forest Preparation
The Whanganui Salon 2025 – Humanity and Earth, a photographic competition Shining a light on our relationship with the planet we live on announced it’s winners on Wed 11th June. This year they introduced a new Category Made in New Zealand which brought a new dimension to the Salon, alongside the two carry over categories Living in a Changing World and Humanity and the Natural World. Congratulations go to all the three Category Winners – Anne Tate, Karen Brown and Meg Lipscombe – on their fabulous images and especially to Meg Lipscombe for taking out the ultimate prize, the Whanganui Salon Vonnie Cave Gold Medal. As well as the medal, Meg received a $1000 gift voucher from the main sponsor Progear Photographic while all three Category Winners received a matted print of their image from Print Art. All awardees also received certificates donated by Whanganui Photo and Print. In addition, Photography by Woolf have printed the top 12 images for displaying at our Club Exhibition in October as well as gifting print vouchers for the 9 Runner Ups. The salon wishes to thank to their sponsors for their generous support – please support them next time you are contemplating photographic purchases.
The Whanganui Salon is a biennial salon and the next running of the Whanganui Salon will be in 2027.
Auckland Art Show
Auckland Art Show is a feast of original artworks of all genres. Come and meet the fine artists from the length and breadth of New Zealand and enjoy their creations. Thousands of handpicked artworks, beautifully curated for you are waiting at the Viaduct for you to enjoy!!
Auckland Art Show | Viaducts Event Centre | 171 Halsey Street, Auckland
VIP PREVIEW | Friday 27 June, 2025 | 5:00pm – 7:30pm | $95 pp
OPENING NIGHT| Friday 27 June, 2025 | 7:30pm – 10:30pm | $38 pp
WEEKEND PASS FOR SHOW DAYS
Sat 28 June 10am – 8pm | Sun 29 June, 2025. 10am – 5pm | $10 pp
General Admission | $14 pp – Full weekend access!
North Shore Salon Winners!
Image Credit Karen Moffat- McLeod – Fitting In
Congratulations go to Karen Moffat-McLeod. She was the overall winner of the North Shore Salon 2025 with her image ” Fitting In” Karen said about her work ” My image “Fitting In” is a comment on today’s society and the many youth, particularly young girls who are trying to ‘fit in’ to the crowd and what they believe are social norms. Being pulled by people to look, think and act a certain way rather than being unique individuals and standing out from the crowd. The negative space on the right of the image is the space this young girl is being dragged away from, her space, which she should be filling with her uniqueness, with the arms holding up pieces and pulling her to ‘fit in’ with societies and her peers’ expectations.”
Judges Jackie Rankin, Mike Langford, Lynn Clayton, Chris Traill, Shar Devine, Rachael Smith and Gerard Emery worked their way through the 1,464 entries to find the winners. This competition set a new standard for creativity and innovation in photography. With a mix of traditional and fresh, cutting-edge categories, it was a fantastic platform for emerging talents and seasoned pros alike.Top images will be professionally printed by Print Art and featured in a public exhibition—a fantastic opportunity to see the work on display!