Matakana Images 2015: Group exhibition

Matakana Images 2015 is on showing as part of this year’s Auckland Festival of Photography. Exhibiting artists are: Ian Macdonald, Richard Collins, Di Halstead, Richard Smallfield, Lieve Van den Bosch, Murray Savidan, Maria Krajcirovic, Andrew Martin, Karen Williamson, Sue Hill, Davina Monds, and Barbara Cope.

Matakana Images 2015
29 May – 21 June 2015
Opens Friday 29 May, 5pm

Art Matakana (mezzanine level)
Matakana Country Park, 1151 Leigh Rd, RD5 Matakana
Gallery hours Wed – Sun (10am to 3.30pm)

Matakana Images Group: 2014 exhibition

Matakana 2014
29 May – 20 June 2014
Opens Friday 30 May, 5pm

Art Matakana
Matakana Country Park, 1151 Leigh Rd, RD5 Matakana
Gallery hours Wed – Sun (10am to 3.30pm)

Matakana 2014

Matakana Images Group show is back for 2014 as part of the Auckland Festival of Photography. Artists this year are Ian Macdonald, Richard Collins, Richard Smallfield, Di Halstead, Lieve Van den Bosch, Murray Savidan, Maria Krajcirovic, Andrew Martin, Charles Wrigglesworth, Karen Williamson, Sue Hill, Davina Monds, Garry Currin, Barbara Cope.

The exhibition runs from Thurs 29th May to Friday 20th June at Art Matakana. We invite you to our opening event on Friday 30th May at 5pm. On the mezzanine level at Art Matakana.

The Vivian, Matakana: Photography exhibition

One of two shows opening this week at The Vivian in Matakana, features photographic works.

Exhibiting artists include: Victoria James, Emma Wallace, The Vivian, Di Halstead, Richard Collins, Ian MacDonald, Richard Smallfield, Barbara Cope.

11 May – 11 June 2013
Preview Friday 10 May, 4-6pm

The Vivian
39 Omaha Valley Road
Matakana
Open daily 11am to 5pm
Phone: 09 4229995

A Fine Line Gallery, Matakana: Voices

6 – 28 October 2012
Opening: Friday 5th October at 5.30pm

Voices is a group photography exhibition featuring a mix of local and guest artists.

Exhibiting artists are: Carli Clark, Richard Collins, Barbara Cope, Garry Currin, Di Halstead, Sue Hill, Mark Leonard Kaneko, Hamish Macdonald, Ian MacDonald, Davina Monds, Richard Smallfield and Charlie Wrigglesworth.

A Fine Line Gallery
17 Sharp Rd
Matakana (next door to Charlie’s Gelato Garden)
Open 7 days, 10am – 5pm, September to May.
Ph 09 422 7942

Richard Smallfield: Review of Nadav Kander book & a new gallery for Matakana

Here’s two recent articles just in from Matakana based photographer (and blogger) Richard Smallfield:

The Developing Tank Blog – Richard’s book review of Nadav Kander: Yangtze, The Long River (included are links to Sean O’Hagan’s On Photography column for The Guardian newspaper and a narrated slideshow by Nadav Kander)

Rodney Arts Notes – an article on new gallery ‘The Vivian’, scheduled to be opened in Omaha Valley Rd, near Matakana in Sept 2012.

Matakana Pictures 2012: Images

02 – 24 June 2012
Opens Fri 1 June at 5.30pm

A group photography exhibition featuring both local and national photographers is taking place in Matakana, at Art Matakana, for Auckland’s 2012 Festival of Photography.

The photographers exhibiting are: Mark Adams, Richard Collins, Barbara Cope, Di Halstead, Sue Hill, Paul Konings, Maria Krajcirovic, Andrew Martin, Davina Monds, Richard Smallfield, Murray Savidan, Jenny Tomlin and Karen Williamson.

To get to Art Matakana, proceed past the Matakana roundabout and carry on up Leigh Rd. The gallery is situated in the Matakana Country Park, which is just past the Omaha/Tawharanui turn-off on Leigh Rd. It is about an hour’s drive from central Auckland.

The gallery is on the right of the car park, on the mezzanine floor.

artMATAKANA

Matakana Country Park
Leigh Road
RD5 Matakana
New Zealand

Phone +64 9 422 9790
Mobile 0274 810 821

EV+1 book review: Maurice Lye’s ‘Only God Can Make a Tree’

Maurice Lye: Only God Can Make a Tree

If I were to choose one word to describe this book containing twenty-five examples of Maurice Lye’s photography, it would be charm.

Maurice has stated: I enjoy and respect the many ways people create, beautify or arrange their surroundings, the passion, love and sometimes a bit of madness which goes into many of the subjects in this book. All the photographs were taken as the scene presented itself, nothing was manipulated or rearranged, the random coincidences are just as interesting. ¹

He has described himself as a scavenger of images. One reason why I am so receptive to his work is that he sees things that I feel I would never have noticed, without his help. His exacting eye pays great attention to every detail of composition, all elements being deliberately and precisely placed within the frame. Read the full EV+1 blog review here>>

Richard Smallfield
Photography
EV+1 Blog
Developing Tank Blog
YouTube

Editors Note: Publication and purchase details for this book are available here>>

Richard Smallfield’s blog and youtube channel

Richard Smallfield, a Leigh (north of Auckland) based photographer has recently started an interesting blogspot, called EV+1 where he plans to post reviews on quality books, music, photography and other content that often fall outside the radar of mainstream media.

Check out his: Book Review: Parr by Parr – Quentin Bajac meets Martin Parr – Discussions with a promiscuous photographer.

He’s also compiled the Richard Smallfield’s channel on You Tube. Here he’s assembled an extensive selection of material across various genres. Of particular interest is his Photography playlist which features content from numerous documentaries and television series, i.e. Henri Cartier Bresson, Bill Brandt, Martin Parr, Edward Burtynsky & Nadav Kander and *The Genius of Photography BBC series. Well worth visiting and subscribing to!

*Update – unfortunately The Genius of Photography series has since been blocked from viewing by BBC Worldwide for copyright purposes.

‘COAST’ exhibition at Leigh Sawmill Cafe

COAST Leigh Sawmill Cafe , 142 Pakiri Rd, Leigh. Hours: Thurs 5pm to 9pm, Fri-Sun 10am to late

Exhibition: 3-26 June, Opening: Thurs 2nd June (7 to 9pm)

Featuring artworks by Di Halstead, Hannah Sutherland, Karen Williamson, Richard Smallfield, Jasmine Kovach, Mary Moore and Sue Hill.

An Auckland Festival of Photography 2011 event

Upcoming exhibition at Matakana – ‘Diversity’

Diversity brings together photographers with diverse approaches, three Auckland photographers from Photoforum and six from The Developing Tank, which is a photographic discussion group made up of photographers from the Mahurangi region.

A Fine Line Gallery is located at 17 Sharp Rd, halfway between Warkworth and Matakana (next door to Charlie’s Gelato Garden). Gallery hours: Open 7 days, 10am – 5pm, September to May. Ph 09 422 7942.

All are welcome to the opening on Friday 22 October (5.30 – 7.30)