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\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> A kind of child-like intensity and\u00a0wonder characterises much of the best photography, as it does poetry. Yet there is also a sense of care, nurture\u00a0and an understated delight in One foot on the bottom\u00a0which could be\u00a0described as 'parental'. Mary Macpherson and her mother Evelyn survey their subjects carefully, thoughtfully and tenderly.\u00a0 Family is the coastline along which their camera travels, looking towards or away from the ever-recurring sea.\u00a0 Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> Rim Books is thrilled to offer A.P.G.A., the third artist book by Henry Turner. His work transcends categories, focusing on themes of ritual and belief through various mediums. This latest collection explores the interplay of religion and culture, resulting in an immersive artistic inquiry that captivates and intrigues. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> A prolific maker, Arbuckle\u2019s practice is a process-driven exploration of place, with landscapes conceptualised through the very act of their making. Favouring process over outcome, Arbuckle employs elements of traditional\nJapanese shibori dyeing techniques \u2014 wrapping, twisting, folding, and draping fabric over found surfaces and structures \u2014 to create abstract compositions. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> His work centres on the material culture of photographic history, critically examining the complex relationship between images and the realities they aim to depict. Waugh highlights how photography can deceive, reduce, and seduce, to question the authenticity of photographic representations. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> For fifty years, Whanganui\u2019s photographer Richard Wotton has quietly observed the world through his camera. Largely self-taught, he belongs to the generation of New Zealand photographers inspired by \u2018The Active Eye\u2019 exhibition of 1975, which urged to redefine photography as a serious artistic practice in this country. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> CLASSIC AOTEAROA was published in 2024, by Japanese born, Sydney based photographer MikiNobu Komatsu, who has been a regular visitor to New Zealand since the early 1980s. This book features architecture across main centres of New Zealand from the top to the bottom containing 80 photographs, made over 40 year period. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> The original edition was produced in 2015 for Open Book, an exhibition curated by Shelly Jacobson at RM Gallery. Only eight copies were made.\nTen years later, long out of print, the book still feels current given recent geo-political and climate events. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>
\"\"<\/a> -<\/span> Brendan has been photographing in the Whanganui \/ Manuwatu and lower North Island area since he moved back to live in Whanganui in the 2020's. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Subject Failure<\/strong>
Shaun Waugh
with essays by Emma Ng, Marcus Moore, and Matt Plummer
& Alice Tappenden.<\/p>\n

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Shaun Waugh is a New Zealand-based artist who lives and works in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His work centres on the material culture of photographic history, critically examining the complex relationship between images and the realities they aim to depict. Waugh highlights how photography can deceive, reduce, and seduce, to question the authenticity of photographic representations.<\/p>\n

Working primarily with the complexities of colour control in photographic printing processes, Waugh explores and expands the artistic and technical potentials of the medium.<\/p>\n

Avoiding arbitrary definitions in favour … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}