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For three years photojournalist Vlad Sokhin has been exploring the dire and dangerous human rights issue pervading the society of New Zealand’s Pacific neighbour, Papua New Guinea.
Ten years ago Auckland-based professional photographer Leon Rose entered into a unique agreement in his quest to get fit; he would offer his photography services to a kickboxing gym’s fighters in exchange for one-on-one training sessions. This led to a decade of documenting the passionate Muay Thai fighting community in New Zealand. Now Leon is ready to pull the project together into a beautifully-crafted photo book and has taken to the PledgeMe crowd-funding platform to make it happen.
For two years photographer Chris Leskovsek has been roaming the streets of Auckland, capturing intriguing black-and-white images as a way of acquainting himself with the town he now calls home. The Chilean-born artist moved to New Zealand to continue his graphic design and illustration career but found himself gravitating to the camera as a means of expression and discovery in a new land, giving rise to a series of self-published photo zines called Øbservations.
Christchurch wedding photographer Andy Brown is our next Iris Star, nominated by Clinton Lloyd to discuss this image from the 2014 Wedding Creative category
New Zealand’s only dedicated film lab, Wellington’s Film Soup, has run into a spot of difficulty; its long-serving processing machine (above, named Marvin after the woebegone robot from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books) is in need of repairs.
Mike Hollman tells the story behind the intriguing Silver Award-winning travel image above.
The latest in our series of interviews with the high achievers of this year’s Iris Professional Photography Awards is with Christchurch wedding photographer, Clinton Lloyd.
It was a humble Facebook status that caught our eye, when Rainer Weston simply stated, “Forgot to make a post
Amy Fowler struck gold twice at the recent NZIPP Iris Awards, with her two award-winning prints landing her the Student category win for the second year in a row. She chats to D-Photo about the provocative portrait that helped secure her this year’s title.
Amber Griffin discusses what went into her award-winning image
Stu kindly set aside some time in his busy schedule to talk to D-Photo about the film, Illuminate: Peace Day, the greater project it comes from, and the many marvellous encounters he has had putting it all together
Stephanie O’Connor chats to D-Photo about the exhibition’s origins, unusual technical set-up, and the desire to have photographic art showing in a more social space
Reviewer Kelly Lynch takes a look at the Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 and says the camera is ideally suited to enthusiast photographers who want something more serious than a point-and-shoot, with lots of options, and ultra-high-definition video. Find out how she came to this conclusion
D-Photo chats to Dan O’Day, one of Australia’s finest wedding photographers
Wellington photographer John Lake has been shooting his own self-directed documentary art projects for 15 years, using both photography and video to explore particular social groups and the community activities they participate in. The photographer chats to D-Photo about the similarities and differences in documenting the radical scenes at either end of the Asia-Pacific region
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