Photography
Documentary photography - an 'overview'
Making a living as a photographer is tougher than ever now that more people than can shoot high-quality images. Mediawatch meets Amos Chapple, a New Zealander who has made a name for himself overseas… Audio, Gallery
Documentary photography - an 'overview'
Making a living as a photographer is tougher than ever now that more people than can shoot high-quality images. Mediawatch meets Amos Chapple, a New Zealander who has made a name for himself overseas…
Audio'The Art of Youth' - Molawin Evangelista
Our next guest is looking forward to his first ever solo exhibition. Auckland based photographer, Molawin Evangelista, has been photographing tattoos, and exploring how young people 'collect' body art… Audio
Citizen Science: Naturewatch
Naturewatch is one of New Zealand's first and remains the largest Citizen Science project. Curious people around the country take photographs of flora and fauna and upload it onto the site, where the… Audio
Media: Photographer Jane Ussher
Jane Ussher photographs New Zealand's newsmakers, personalities, politicians and quiet achievers - she also enjoys taking photos of buildings and coastlines. She's best known for her many years… Audio, Gallery
Antartica: A Year On Ice
Anthony Powell has spent several years photographing Antarctica, heading down there for months at a time since his first trip back in 1997. He's just spent another icy Christmas on Scott Base with the… Audio, Gallery
50 years of Country Calendar
City and country dwellers have loved Country Calendar for almost 50 years. It's TV's tribute to the ingenious and hardy people who make a living off the land. 2016 marks its 50th year on our screens… Audio, Gallery
Shhh… The Music is Talking
A plethora of New Zealand musicians are documented in photographer Alexander Halag's new book. Shhh… The Music is Talking covers Alexander's last five years of gig going and in the process captures a… Audio, Gallery
Eye in the Sky: A Drone Above New Zealand
An asset or a pest? It all depends on how you look at drones. But for photographer Grant Sheehan, they've opened up all kinds of opportunities to photograph New Zealand from different aerial angles… Audio, Gallery
Conor Clarke: Artist in Residence at Waitawa Regional Park
Artist Conor Clarke likes to find the beauty in the unspectacular. This former Auckland photographer has been based in Berlin for the last six years where her dramatic and ominous urban landscapes are… Audio
Bat photographer Merlin Tuttle
Merlin Tuttle is a photographer with difficult subjects. His quarry are extremely fast, small and normally only come out when it's dark. Bats. While trying to get the best snap Merlin Tuttle has… Audio, Gallery
Bronwyn Labrum: 1950s and 60s New Zealand
Associate professor in the School of Design at Massey University, and former Curator of History and Textiles at Te Papa. Her new book is a history told through objects and images, Real Modern… Audio
John Miller: Maori Land March
Photographer John Miller joined the 1975 Māori Land March at Porirua, following it through to Parliament in Wellington. He looks back on some of his photographs of those events, 40 years on. Audio
Animals helping children to heal
New Zealand photographer, Rachael Hale McKenna has built a career around capturing the essence of childhood through portrait photography and she also is adept at getting wonderful shots of animals… Audio, Gallery
Photography: See What I Can See
From box brownies to selfies, Gregory O'Brien charts the history, present and possible future of photography in his latest book See What I Can See. He features New Zealand's top photographers work… Audio
Masterpieces - Patrick Reynolds
The New Zealand photgrapher Patrick Reynolds tells us about his favourite New Zealand photograph. Audio
Caught in Chile
Kiwi photographer Derek Paterson returns to talk about his time in Chile post-Pinochet and then returning later in life as the husband of the NZ ambassador in Chile, his book is titled Second Time… Audio
Tauranga's kuia and kaumatua captured on film
Pakeha Tauranga photographer Bob Tulloch started photographing local kuia and kaumatua at their marae to preserve their images for future generations. He's been earning the trust of iwi and being… Audio
Dancers in still life
The pride, practise and the pain that goes into creating dance is captured in black and white still images by John McDermott in his new book Process. It's a record of the first few years of the New… Audio
Helen Mitchell - Telling Your Tattoo
While many get their first tattoo just to annoy their parents, for some their ink marks life-changing events. Photographer Helen Mitchell has set out to record tattoos, as well as understand the… Audio, Gallery