Record numbers for Festival of Photography

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Record numbers for 2007 Auckland Festival of Photography

Photography enthusiasts will be spoiled for choice when the 4 th annual Auckland Festival of Photography opens from June 1 until June 24.

A record number of exhibitions will be on offer at this year’s festival. The complete Creative Exposure programme announced today (April 17) features a total of 46 exhibitions and 11 events at venues all over the Auckland region.

This year’s festival will showcase the work of more than 250 individual photographers including many emerging talents and some of New Zealand’s most recognised photo artists. The youngest exhibitor this year is 9 year’s old Willow Harfleet, a West Auckland youngster with a passion for photographing local characters.

Last year’s festival attracted more than 24,000 people, establishing the event as one of the fastest growing in the country. This year’s signature event – the eagerly awaited OLYMPUS Auckland Photo Day – will be on June 9. Other festival highlights will include:

“All Dogs Shot.” Film maker Roger Donaldson’s first public exhibition of photographs, at Lopdell House in Titirangi. Donaldson is best known for landmark movies including Sleeping Dogs, Smash Palace and The World’s Fastest Indian.” The exhibition features a stunning collection of black and white photographs shot in New Zealand and around the world.

"Another View: A Selection of 20th century International Photographs from the Seresin Family Collection." Presented by the Auckland Museum, the collection includes work by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andre Kertesz, Bill Brandt and Man Ray.

“Moving Still” at Gus Fisher Gallery, featuring a group of New Zealand’s premiere photographers. Exhibitors include Peter Black, Gary Blackman, Rhondda Bosworth, Ben Cauchi, Darren Glass, Gavin Hipkins, Anne Noble, Max Oettli and Natalie Robertson and Ann Shelton.

The largest photo to feature at this year’s festival will take pride of place on a downtown billboard. Photographers have until the end of April to submit their entry for the “Billboard on Fanshawe Street” competition.

Entries for the billboard can be old or new but they must be from the Auckland region. Images can be submitted on the Auckland Photo Blog – www.photographyfestival.org.nz/photo-blog/index.cfm

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