Photography
Documenting US/Mexico border migrants
Photographer Jon Lowenstein started taking pictures of migrants who cross the US/Mexico border illegally in search of better lives 19 years ago. He's put used that work for a documentary project… Audio, Gallery
Woodstock 50th anniversary of an iconic photo
The Woodstock Festival took place between August 15 and 17 1969 attracting a crowd of over 400,000 people and wrote itself into the history of music. For Bobbi & Nick Ercoline Woodstock became a… Audio
Swedish photographer wins plaudits for Migrant Caravan
Internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Pieter Ten Hoopen has won the Spot New Stories category in this year's World Press Photo Exhibition with his photo story called The Migrant… Audio, Gallery
Photographing the Obamas
They're arguably the most famous couple in the world and she was with them since the beginning of their fame. Callie Shell first photographed Barack Obama in 2004, before he was elected to the… Audio, Gallery
Churches of Samoa
Photographer Penina Momoisea has recently shared her collection of photographs of Churches of Samoa on the website coconet.tv. She joins us to talk about the collection and the churches. Audio
Photographer Olivia Harris's documentary exhibition
A series of photographs of pro-life and anti-abortion law campaigners in Ireland last year won British freelance photographer Olivia Harris a top award in the World Press Photo Exhibition, which is… Audio
Photographer Sait Akkirman - there at over 3000 openings!
Wine, cheese, hobnobbing... Openings are major networking grounds, where hopefully a taste for the work of an artist is attained with some alcoholic encouragement. Audio, Gallery
Cambodian Kim Hak retrieves memories from the Killing Fields
In Cambodia in the mid 1970s, the Khmer Rouge - under the leadership of Pol Pot - abolished money, schools and private property and evacuated towns and cities. About 1.7 million Cambodians died in the… Audio, Gallery
Alejandro Cegarra: Living with Hugo Chavez Legacy
Venezuelan photographer Alejandro Cegarra is presenting his internationally acclaimed work at the Auckland Festival of Photography.. He speaks to Jim about what's happening in his home country and… Audio
Qiane Matata-Sipu - Kickass indigenous wahine
Qiane Matata-Sipu (Te Wai-o-hua, Waikato-Tainui) is a South Auckland based journalist, photographer and social activist. She is currently producing NUKU, a creative and social impact story-telling… Audio, Gallery
Andrew McConnell - The everyday life of the people of GAZA
Andrew McConnell is an award-winning photographer who has been covering world events for over 15 years. His first work as a filmaker, GAZA has made the official selection for Sundance 2019 and will… Audio
Photos Fighting Islamophobia, Shahidul Alam
Internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, journalist and activist Shahidul Alam speaks with Kathryn Ryan about his current exhibit, a video of his photographs Embracing The Other… Audio, Gallery
Neil Finn's tour of NZ town halls documented in new book
Tour manager Ian Jorgensen has put together the intimate photographs he took on the tour of the Finns, their crew and the communities they visited in the book Where's My Room: The Neil and Liam Finn… Video, Audio
Wara Bullôt - Reimagining Through Photography
The world's longest running photography exhibition this year features the work of Auckland based photographer Wara Bullôt - one of 54 invited international photographers in the Royal Photographic… Audio, Gallery
Bryn Evans: risks and rewards in documentary making
Award-winning Kiwi documentary maker Bryn Evans has been kidnapped twice, caught in serious fire fights, told the story of the Taliban's cricket team, and introduced some hip-hop dancing Auckland… Audio
Evotia Tamua's photography preserving Samoan culture
2018 Add all to playlist Driving Dairy farming towards sustainability farming dairy cows grazing in a field 9:11 AM.The challenge of reducing the dairy industry's environmental impact, while at the… Audio, Gallery
The street art of Wellington photographer Julian Ward
Wellington photographer Julian Ward has been traipsing Wellington's city streets for several decades now, camera in hand, documenting how the Capital has changed, and how in many ways, it's stayed the… Audio
Photographer - and witness - Robin Hammond
Ex-pat Photographer Robin Hammond focuses his camera on people who live on the margins - the mentally ill, the LGBTI community, refugees and other victims of war. His multi-award winning images are… Audio
'I talk to the landscape' - Michael Kenna's ethereal photography
Michael Kenna is an English photographer best known for his unusual black & white landscapes featuring ethereal light achieved by photographing at dawn or at night. He says he likes to treat his… Audio, Gallery
A journey through the war gardens of the world
Freelance photojournalist, writer and filmmaker, Lalage Snow has worked in some of the most war torn and damaged places on earth. Whilst working in Afghanistan she came across amazing people putting… Audio, Gallery