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…
Palmer+Jolly “INSTALLATION VIEW” Book Launch @ Perimeter Books HQ
On Sunday March 27, 2022 at the Perimeter HQ in Thornbury Melbourne, a group of photography enthusiasts met to witness the launch of an extensively researched publication by Daniel Palmer & Martyn Jolly entitled – Installation View: Photography Exhibitions in Australia (1848-2020). The Launch was part of the Melbourne Art Book Fair programme. Installation View offers…
Rod McNicol’s “A PORTRAIT” Book Launch @ CCP
On March 26, 2022 at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne M.33 launched the long-awaited survey publication of Rod McNicol’s portraits. Entitled aptly A PORTRAIT, the book is described in the promotional blurb as: ‘…the first comprehensive publication of Rod McNicol’s distinctive portraits, ranging from those of his peers in his first exhibition in…
2021 SELECTED ANTIPODEAN PHOTOBOOKS
Compiled by DOUG Spowart & VICTORIA Cooper This list is the third year in which we asked representatives of the Australian and New Zealand photobook discipline to nominate photobooks that were published in 2021. We have continued to use the term ‘Selected’ as this compilation does not attempt to present a definitive selection of the…
2021 SELECTED ANZ STUDENT PHOTOBOOKS
We consider that training in the photobook discipline is an important component of contemporary photography education. Once again we have invited institutions around Australia and New Zealand to nominate a student photobook for this list to showcase the work created during the 2021 academic year. We are excited that seven photographic courses responded and…
Life’s a horse race – Rennie Ellis and his photobook CUP FEVER
“It has been called the biggest party in the world, a carnival of horseflesh, a giant picnic, a bloody circus, a soap opera, an alcoholic rort and an Australian institution… it grabs hold of the nation like some annual affliction.” First lines of the book essay by Rennie Ellis For around 20…
Walking in the Second City with Jesse Marlow
READING PHOTOBOOKS by Doug Spowart A collaboration with the PHOTOCOLLECTIVE On the table before me sits a book waiting to be read. I notice its eye-catching lemon colour and the coarsely screened monochrome street scene on its cover. At each corner of the cover in thin white capitals are four words: SECOND, CITY, JESSE and…
AuNZed Photobook Awards: Evolving beyond the 1st 10 Years
Firstly a personal thank you to Libby Jeffery and Geoff Hunt including Rony and the MomentoPro Team … TEN YEARS dedication to the Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards is HEROIC stuff… And were were excited to be swept up in it with you to contribute in our way … Libby Jeffery – Through your…
QUEENSLAND PHOTOBOOKS & THEIR MAKERS
Queensland Photobook makers have generally worked in isolation. To promote, share and support their work they have participated in activities and events over the last 6 years coordinated by the Brisbane Photobook Club (as part of a world wide group of photobook collectives), World Photobook Day and the Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards. Now,…
QUEENSLAND DAY*: PHOTOBOOKS
An overview: Queensland as the subject of the photobook Within a few years of its proclamation in 1859 the state of Queensland became a focus for exploration and development, which required extensive photographic documentation. Geologist and photographer Richard Daintree was one of the first to photograph Queensland’s mining activities, agriculture, people and geological features. His…
Photobooks in Australia + New Zealand 