PhotoForum has been promoting photography as a means of communication and expression in New Zealand since 1974. I was appointed director of PhotoForum in 2012, and, with Nina Seja, co-curated this survey exhibition now showing at the Gus Fisher Gallery in Auckland until 28 June.
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Ace exhibition installers Sam and Murray hanging the show.
Photographer Ans Westra, PhotoForum founder John B. Turner, and publisher Haru Sameshima discuss a proof of the book PhotoForum at 40 by Nina Seja, which will be launched at the gallery on 28 June.
History in the Taking – Installation view in Gallery One
History in the Taking – Installation view in Foyer
At the opening of History in the Taking. Photo courtesy of ArtsDiary.co.nz
At the opening of History in the Taking. Photo by Daniel Mayo-Turner
Haru Sameshima, Nina Seja, Geoff Short and John B. Turner at the opening of History in the Taking. Photo by Daniel Mayo-Turner
Geoffrey H. Short 