There’s a number of nearby exhibitions on now that should be of interest.

JOSEPH MICHAEL – DARK CLOUD: WHITE LIGHT

This is an exhibition of timelapse photography at Pataka Museum in Porirua, on until 13 October.  Free. Highly recommended – I saw it on Tuesday.

There’s around a dozen separate sequences shown on large screens, with music individually composed, taken in stunning locations around NZ with a rolling 24 hours of changes of weather and sky and sun and shadows.  My favourite was the Lake Marion one, showing low cloud and mist sloshing up and around and side to side in a deep valley.  Two of the sequences are in full 3D with glasses provided.  And don’t miss the 10 minute “Behind the Scenes” video where Joseph Michael goes into detail about how he created these works of art.

If you want more background and motivation to go, check out the story online from Campbell Live.

See more at https://www.facebook.com/DarkCloudWhiteLight

World Press Photo 2013

There’s not long now to catch the annual World Press Photo Exhibition at 42 Willis Street in Wellington – until 25 August. $5. The imagery is always amazing, although (for me) can also be a bit gruesome.

(C) Paul Hansen, Sweden, Dagens Nyheter.

Gregory Crewdson – In a Lonely Place

This is on at the City Gallery Wellington until 8 September. Crewdson creates elaborate scenarios either on location or sound stages, using sets, actors, and full production crews, all in search of a perfect ‘moment of grace’.  Ian Linning and Carol Molineux have both seen and recommend it.

Gregory Crewdson, ‘Untitled (Sunday Roast)’, 2005, pigmented inkjet print. © Gregory Crewdson, courtesy Gagosian Gallery, New York.

Welcome to 2013, everyone.  Here’s something to start your year off from a black and white photographic viewpoint.

The B+W Darkroom Group, run by Michael Martin and with members from KCPS and farther afield, is holding an Exhibition “Monochrome X10” at the Odlin Gallery (9-11 Myrtle Street, Lower Hutt) from 16 to 27 January.  Check it out.

The Hutt Camera Club have opened their Annual Exhibition, where their talented members display some of their best works. Quite a number of the prints are available for sale.

The venue is Odlin Gallery, at the corner of Myrtle & Huia Streets in Lower Hutt.

A unique aspect of this year’s exhibition is that members have been given full freedom in how to present the images, so you will see a wide range of styles from the traditional matting to more modern printing on other surfaces.

The exhibition runs 10 am to 4 pm, through to Sunday 14 October, so check it out if you get the chance.

The NZ International Film Festival is on in Wellington from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

Colin has alerted us to some photography oriented movies that may interest KCPS members – in particular:

Chasing Ice – “Science and art confront awesome nature in this stunning giant screen account of National Geographic photographer James Balog’s painstaking (and dangerous) Extreme Ice Survey project. Capturing time-lapse photographs of numerous glaciers over several years, Balog assembles all the evidence anyone should ever need of the radical worldwide impact of climate change. — BG”

as well as Bert Stern, Original Madman, ¡Vivan las Antipodas! and Journal de France.

And of course the annual World Press Photo Exhibition 2012 will also be on in Wellington, from 26 July to 29 August 2012 – always worth viewing.

For the next month, works by four Kapiti Coast photographers (Peter Beddek, Neil Gordon, Katie Beddek and Shona Jaray) are on display in an exhibition at Future Framing and Gallery at Lindale, just north of Paraparaumu.  Do pop in and have a look if you get the chance.  Opening hours are Tuesday-Friday 10-4, Saturday 9-4, and Sunday 9-3.