ANZAC DAY – April 25th, marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions…
Category: Stories about photobooks
2023 SELECTED ANZ STUDENT PHOTOBOOKS
Training in the photobook discipline is an important component of contemporary photography education. However the books created by students for assessment rarely get an opportunity to cross over into the public space. To help connect these photobooks to a wider audience we have once again invited institutions around Australia and New Zealand to nominate…
SOME ANZ WOMEN PHOTOBOOK MAKERS 1946-2000
. On International Women’s Day 2024 we celebrate Australian and New Zealand women who make photobooks. This selection features a fragment of the many photobooks/photographically illustrated books made by women photographers between 1946 and 2000. The books are part of the Spowart+Cooper ANZ Photobook Collection. From their website: International Women’s Day (March 8, 2024) is…
REGINA ANZENBERGER IN AUSTRALIA
. Regina Maria Anzenberger is coming to AUSTRALIA. She is the founder and director of Anzenberger Agency, Gallery and Bookshop in Vienna as well as an artist herself. With more than 20 years of experience, Regina has published 7 of her own books and is an expert in the field of documentary and artistic photography….
MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR – May 18-28 2023
. CHECK OUT THE LATEST OFFERINGS FROM THESE KEY ANTIPODEAN PHOTOBOOK PUBLISHERS . ACB PRESS BAD NEWS BOOKS BOOKS AT MANIC CONCETTINA INSERRA DYLAN SMYTH GLORIA BOOKS (AND FRIENDS) M.33 MELBOURNE PHOTOBOOK COLLECTIVE METROPOLIS BOOKSHOP MOM PERIMETER BOOKS ROHAN HUTCHINSON SHADOW EDITIONS SHASHASHA SUZANNE PHOENIX TALL POPPY PRESS . . and there’s an AMAZING launch…
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. ………………………….
2022 SELECTED ANZ STUDENT PHOTOBOOKS
Training in the photobook discipline is an important component of contemporary photography education. However the books created by students for assessment rarely get an opportunity to cross over into the public space. To help connect these photobooks to a wider audience we have once again invited institutions around Australia and New Zealand to nominate…
BOOK LAUNCH @CCP: “Nightshade” by WENDY CATLING
. M.33 launched their latest publication Wendy Catling’s photobook ‘Nightshade’ on Saturday 10 September, 2022 at the Centre for Contemporary Photography Fitzroy Victoria. The book was launched by Professor Melissa Miles, Monash University Art, Design & Architecture. What follows is a compiled report about the book including its bibliographic details, images of the Launch and…
Photobooks in Australia + New Zealand 