As the centenary of New Zealand’s participation in the First World War gets under way, a touring photography exhibition will be marking the commemoration of the conflict and its impact on New Zealand. Published to coincide with the exhibition is one of this month’s featured photography books – “ANZAC – photographs” by Laurence Aberhart.
ANZAC / photographs by Laurence Aberhart.
“In almost every town you care to visit in either New Zealand or Australia, you will find a memorial to those killed in the Great War of 1914-1918. These memorials were commissioned and built in the years shortly after the conflict, but communities, families and comrades who returned from battle, eager not to forget their dead, or their sacrifice. Given their sheer number, these monuments are so familiar, and seemingly so familiar to one another, that nowadays we may barely give them a second look. Laurence Aberhart has made a career out of taking a second look. This book presents seventy magnificent photographs by one of New Zealand’s leading artists, with an introduction by historian Jock Phillips. It is published to coincide with a major touring exhibition, opening at Dunedin Public Art Gallery.” (Book jacket).
Foureyes : New Zealand street style
“Four guys (Danny Simmons, Mino Kim, Chin Tay and Alex Blanco) who love fashion, people, and photography. This book is a collection of some of their favourite photographs that they have taken on the streets of New Zealand along with a few from their travels abroad.”(Syndetics)
World Press Photo 13
“Every year since 1955 an international jury has convened in Holland under the auspices of the World Press Photo Foundation to choose the finest press photographs of the year. Universally recognized as the definitive competition for photographic reporting, it draws submissions from photojournalists, newspapers, and magazines throughout the world. Publishing the results of the most recent competition, this book contains the most haunting and inspiring photographs from 2012 & 2013 ;some 150 pictures selected from more than 100,000 images submitted. These prize-winning works capture the most powerful, moving, and sometimes disturbing events of the year.” (Syndetics)
To check our collection of yearly World Press Photo Publications, click on this link.
The photobook : a history. Volume III / Martin Parr and Gerry Badger
“Parr and Badger present the third and final volume in their series covering the photobook, with highlights from over 200 titles spanning the post-WWII era to the present, many of which were self-published or whose makers remain anonymous. Topics vary widely, from propaganda and protest to sex, identity, and memory, to found photography. All 200 covers and several interior pages from each photobook have been reproduced, resulting in an incredible visual feast of styles and subject matter from around the globe. Further, each volume is meticulously described, as is its photographer, in accompanying essays. Highlights include Ken Schles’s haunting images from Invisible City, Todd Hido’s groundbreaking House Hunting, and Sophie Calle’s recent book about her mother’s death, Rachel, Monique. While many books deal with death, war, and atrocities, there are several humorous gems, such as Joachim Schmid’s volume of found photographs, Size Matters, and Jiao Putta’s government-produced food shots in Catalogue of Meat Products. Contemporary art and photo lovers will appreciate Parr and Badger’s wealth of knowledge about modern photography.”(Syndetics)
The previous two volumes are also available in our collection (click on the images to check availability):
“The French cat
“Photographer and ailurophile Hale (101 Cataclysms), born in New Zealand and living in France, offers a gorgeous love letter to her adopted country, its cities and famous light, and most of all-its cats. Cats are adored in France, she finds. Even the “gutter cats” are cherished, fed by villagers and “allowed to remain singular, self-contained, standoffish.” Photographing felines wherever she can find them-basking on the docks, posing on a “baronial staircase”-becomes a sort of shorthand for her process of observing, parsing, and celebrating French culture and the land. Her methods also make for fun reading, how she travels with cat toys to attract the attention of her skittish subjects and to lure them into the frame (not always successfully; one cat rewards her with a vicious bite) .” (Syndetics)
The New York dog
“McKenna (Smitten; 101 Salivations: For the Love of Dogs) has a well-established brand in animal photography, with work that includes greeting cards, calendars, and posters. This collection of portraits moves from France (The French Dog) to the United States in celebration of New York’s pooches. A foreword from Georgina Bloomberg, featured with her five rescue dogs, sets the tone of dedication to the city and its canine inhabitants. While some humans are included with their pets, the focus is on the animals in their environments. From Valentino and Geisha in Manhattan to Oscar in Queens, the dogs’ stories are as varied as New York’s neighborhoods.” (Syndetics)