Photography
Pet owners of the Otago Peninsula
A temporary photo studio in the Broad Bay community hall is capturing the "little intimacies" between local pets and their owners. Audio, Gallery
Michael Hall: Photographing climate change
Documenting the reality and impact of climate change around the globe in his bleakly beautiful images, is the all consuming project of expat photographer Michael Hall. Audio, Gallery
Selfies mark the end of innocence
Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson is calling selfies the greatest threat to childhood. We talk to photographer Norrie Montgomery about how attitudes to having your photo taken have changed. Audio
Photojournalist John Moore: documenting despair
Multi-award winning Getty Images photographer John Moore has documented the militarisation of the US-Mexico border for his book Undocumented. He talks about his career covering war zones as well as… Audio, Gallery
Holly Best's toy camera offers something truly unique
Christchurch photographer and writer for Art New Zealand, Holly Best describes An imprecise organisation of forms as part family photo album, and part something else entirely. Audio
Treading softly on Tom Hoyle's leafy dreams
Photographer Tom Hoyle has been photographing leaves in his laundry and working ropes and pullies for aerial dancers in a Commonwealth Games Festival show on Australia's Gold Coast. But Tom's day job… Audio
Jem Southam's abiding love with the English landscape
Since the 1970s British photographer Jem Southam has been witnessing and documenting dramatic changes in the English countryside he loves. Jem's a very patient man, observing changes at a single… Audio
Could Instagram be the future of photographic publishing?
The Melbourne-based German photographer Katrin Koenning talks to Kathryn Ryan about how she has exceeded the limits of the everyday camera phone, as well as the unusual way her debut book Astres… Audio
Luke Willis Thompson - autoportrait
Luke Willis Thompson's 35mm film autoportrait is a silent portrait of Diamond Reynolds. In July 2016, Reynolds used Facebook Live to broadcast the moments immediately after the fatal shooting of her… Audio
Luke Willis Thompson - autoportrait
Luke Willis Thompson's 35mm film autoportrait is a silent portrait of Diamond Reynolds. In July 2016, Reynolds used Facebook Live to broadcast the moments immediately after the fatal shooting of her… Audio
Digital blackface, and the death of memes
Chicago-based Lauren Michele Jackson is a writer and PhD candidate focused on the intersections of race, gender, music and technology. Her articles have appeared in The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, Complex… Audio
New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year
Neil Silverwood has just been named New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year for a portfolio of images shot deep underground. Audio
Classic planes, 'Love is in the air'
Renowned writer and photographer Ivor Wilkins' new book Classic Planes explores not just the machines, but the aviation pioneers of New Zealand history and the engineers working to obsessively rebuild… Audio, Gallery
Ans Westra: a life's work digitised
The National Library has digitised and preserved over 150,000 negatives from photographer Ans Westra. Ans's friend and agent David Alsop and half-sister Yvonne talk about Ans and the project. Audio, Gallery
Gavin Hipkins - Tourist of photography
Auckland photographer and film-maker Gavin Hipkins has been described as a "tourist of photography" - both because he travels and because he constantly explores what's possible in the medium of… Audio
Grant Sheehan: shooting the stars
Lake Hayes at night with the sky bejewelled with stars, a breathtaking view of Ratana Church, an Aurora Australis across the rising Milky Way. Award-winning photographer Grant Sheehan has put many of… Audio
Photographer nominated for seahorse & cotton bud pic
In "Sewage Surfer" a seahorse lugs a cotton bud in the changing tide of Indonesia. Nature photographer Justin Hofman is nominated for International Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Video, Audio
Dan Roberts: Capturing a mood in street style
The international fashion week circuit has become more like a circus than ever before. In this episode of My heels are killing me Sonia Sly chats to a Kiwi street-style photographer who shares the ins… Audio, Gallery
Chris Herwig's Soviet bus stops - a journey and an obsession
Canadian photographer Chris Herwig's books, Soviet Bus Stops 1 & 2, reveal the stunning and unexpected architecture of the bus stops peppering the Soviet landscape from Latvia to Russia. A snap… Audio, Gallery
William Yang - The Story Only I Can Tell
William Yang was born in North Queensland, his grandparents having migrated from China in the 1880s. After completing a Bachelor of Architecture, he moved to Sydney in 1969 and worked as a freelance… Audio