Conversations with NZ Photographers

A great conversation with Kate van der Drift. Cameraless Photography. Waikato. Raglan, Aotearoa, New Zealand, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thanks for listening to this episode of conversations with New Zealand photographers. I’m recording this intro on the 4th May 2026  My name’s Andy Spain, I’m an architectural photographer, working on projects across Aotearoa. I make these sporadic podcasts with photographers and curators and others in the small photography world here at the bottom of the world, to create an archive and it giv...

A lovely conversation with Sara Orme about her journey in photography and her forthcoming publication, Kaumāua. From her website: Sara Tautuku Orme (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tarawhai, Ngāti Whakaue – Te Arawa) is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based photographer and social documentarian with a background in sociology and kaupapa Māori storytelling. Her work explores whakapapa, Māori identity, mana motuhake, and the en...

On this podcast I talk to photographer and designer Neil Pardington. We talk about his early creative experiences, working with his sister, Fiona, on her 2026 Aotearoa / New Zealand Venice Biennale exhibition, influences of other photographers, his current project called Rimurapa (Bull Kelp) and much else. Website https://neilpardington.com/ Andy Spain 2025 www.asvisual.nz Hosted on Acast. See aca...

No annoying intros. Just a chat with a photographer. In this episode I speak to camera-less photographer (if that isn't an oxymoron?) Andrew Beck. We talk about his life as an artist, his background, his MA show at Massey, his move from camera to no camera for his art practice, working as an artist in Aotearoa, image as object, photography as sculpture, not being bothered by AI, coming up with ide...

Placentas, soup and moving forward with art. Yvonne Todd, what a privilege to have a chat with the talented, interesting and very funny YVONNE TODD. Here instagram profile is here which has recent updates with her AI imagery and website here . We spoke about lots of things, the art world, early references and AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artist Statement I can recall my first encounter with Māori resentment towards colonisation in 1991. I was watching a One News story about the protests at Pākaitore over local Iwi’s claim to that area of land. I can still remember the first thought that occurred to me as a 12 year old Pākehā – “ohh get over it, that was ages ago”. I’m deeply saddened and embarrassed that my culture had fostered su...

PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBEAndy Spain talks to photographer Cody Ellingham. Cody returned from Japan to New Zealand, started a photography project called New Zealand Nocturnes, photographs of New Zealand housing at night. This coincided with the current housing crisis in New Zealand. The work was due to be shown at the Auckland Festival of Photography before being postponed (twice) because of Covid....

Shelton began her career as a photojournalist working for daily newspapers, before deciding she wanted more control over her images and deciding to go to art school. As an artist, her work mixes conceptual and narrative traditions of photography. In large-scale, hyper-real photographs she explores histories of people and of places, often bringing forgotten or controversial histories to light. Shel...

Jono Rotman in conversation about his book Mongrelism. Check out the review of the book by Peter Black for Photoforum in 2019 https://www.photoforum-nz.org/blog/2019/8/28/mongrelism-reviewed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cornerstones of Tim’s practice are the psychological landscape and social-political environment. His work straddles the genres of fine art and documentary photography. He is currently engaged in long-term projects relating to the aftermath of Christchurch’s devastating 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. He has exhibited nationally and internationally. Tim lectures in photography at the University of C...

A conversation with artist photographer, Caroline McQuarrie. Lecturer at Massey University. Her work looks at home, making, domestic, West Coast of NZ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conversations with New Zealand Photographers - Edith Amituanai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation with New Zealand Photographer and prolific photobook creator, Harvey Benge, from his home in Auckland. Harvey talks about Paris Photo, the small world of international art photography, hanging out with Paul Graham, Martin Parr and Rineke Dijkstra and everyone else who matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Photographer, Derek Henderson, in conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A chat with the UK turned Wellington based photographer, Joseph Kelly. Joseph is from Kent in England, he went to study photography in Brighton and after a bit of messing about on cruise ships and at old skool photo labs he moved to Wellington with his Kiwi wife. From Wellington he started off assisting and slowly built up to be one of the leading New Zealand advertising photographers. He came in...

Mary is a long time member and face behind Photoforum. She came in for a visit in May 2018 to mainly talk about her (then) recent book, THE LONG VIEW (amongst other bodies of work she has completed). Mary is a quiet, thoughtful person which is embodied in her images and poetry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Cook is a lecturer in Photography at Massey University in Wellington. Between 1984 and 2004 he made repeat visits to a mining community which was turned into the amazing social document, Lake of Coal - The Disappearance of a Mining Township. The dedication to the project and selfless ability to produce collaborative work enabled him to create an essential piece of social history. Hosted on A...