MEL PHOTO BOOK FAIR: March 18+19 2023

The MEL Photo Book Fair is a collaboration between Matt Dunne of Tall Poppy Press and Rohan Hutchinson of ACB Press which took place in Naarm/Melbourne on March 18+19, 2023.

2022 SELECTED ANTIPODEAN PHOTOBOOKS

Compiled by DOUG Spowart & VICTORIA Cooper This list is the fourth year in which we asked representatives of the Australian and New Zealand photobook discipline to nominate photobooks that were published in 2022. Once again we have continued to use the term ‘Selected’ as this compilation does not attempt to present a definitive selection…

VALE: ANS WESTRA – NEW ZEALAND PHOTOGRAPHER

VALE: ANS WESTRA  Anna Jacoba Westra CNZM (28 April 1936 – 26 February 2023), known as Ans Westra, was a Dutch-born New Zealand photographer, well known for her depictions of Māori life in the 20th century. Her prominence as an artist was amplified by her controversial 1964 children’s book Washday at the Pa.   ………………………….