{"id":1841,"date":"2020-02-24T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T22:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2021-10-26T17:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T05:04:34","slug":"and-then-there-were-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rimbooks.com\/wordpress\/and-then-there-were-none","title":{"rendered":". . . . . and then there were none"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. . . . . and then there were none
\n<\/strong>Harvey Benge
\nJon Carapiet
\nLloyd Jones
\nHaru Sameshima
\nStu Sontier<\/p>\n

A collaborative book by four\u00a0New Zealand-based photographers and one writer,\u00a0breaks out of conventional\u00a0story-telling to play out their anxieties and doubts about the world they\u00a0see.<\/p>\n

Developed over the last two\u00a0years with regular meetings indulgent in wine and homemade cheese\u00a0as excuses for friendship and\u00a0banter,\u00a0. . . . . and then there were none<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0grew from conversations and\u00a0arguments about mortality,\u00a0our technologically mired existence and the\u00a0degradation of the environment.\u00a0The project triggered its own version of\u00a0flygskam\u00a0for the collaborators, conflicted by the international travel that made many of\u00a0the\u00a0photographs and the writing possible and tainted by knowing the greater price to be paid.\u00a0Images included from such travels\u00a0are drenched in sordid human histories that recall the myriad pathways that have led us to now, and to what comes\u00a0next.<\/p>\n

The nod to mortality echoing through the book is rendered stark by the\u00a0recent death of one of us, adding a sense of urgency to the title of the book –\u00a0not just for the remaining collaborators, but for us all.<\/p>\n

Watch video<\/a> made by Tony Nyberg for PhotoForum Online<\/em>\u00a0 \u2013 Jon Carapiet, Haru Sameshima, Stu Sontier<\/strong> talk about making . . . . . and then there were none<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Harvey Benge (1944\u20132019) was a prolific photographer and committed maker of photobooks, the first being Four Parts Religion, Six Parts Sin<\/em> published in 1993 by PhotoForum. Working between Auckland and Paris he\u00a0went on to\u00a0publish\u00a0at least 75 \u00a0other titles, often in the form of limited edition photobooks. Publishers included\u00a0Dewi Lewis in the UK, Kehrer Verlag in Germany and Super Labo in Japan, as well as\u00a0Benge’s own imprint FAQEDITIONS.\u00a0His photographs explore the anthropology of cities, the nature of impermanence and the small moments of everyday life. Benge\u2019s work, which became increasingly autobiographical, sought to always make the viewer question what is overlooked or unseen. Throughout Benge\u2019s life he collaborated with writers, composers and other international photographers, such as Daido Moriyama, to create works that crossed multiple mediums.<\/p>\n

Jon Carapiet is of Anglo-Armenian heritage and grew up in England, moving to New Zealand in 1992.\u00a0 His career includes a wide range of experience in photography, commercial market research, community advocacy, writing and broadcasting. Jon’s work explores humanitarian and global themes and the impact of technology.\u00a0 Photo-installations include Headlines (1994), istory (1995), Forgivenness (1998)<\/em>, STOMP<\/em> (2017) and Rain Fade<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n

Lloyd Jones is a Wellington-based writer, his novels include The Book of Fame<\/em>, Mister Pip<\/em>, Hand Me Down World<\/em>, and The Cage<\/em>. He has written short stories and a memoir ‘A History of Silence.’ He is a NZ Arts Laureate and recipient of an honorary doctorate of Literature (Victoria University) and the PM’s Prize for Fiction. He is a winner of the Commonwealth Prize for Fiction. Mister Pip was also shortlisted for the Booker. His novel Hand Me Down World<\/em> was shortlisted for the Berlin International Prize for Fiction. He has collaborated with many artists and photographers.<\/p>\n

Haru Sameshima is a\u00a0photographer, artist, image editor, publisher, and occasional writer on\u00a0photography.\u00a0Bold Centuries: a\u00a0photographic history album<\/em>\u00a0(Rim Books, 2009), and the photo essay \u2018The\u00a0Shopping Mall\u00a0as a place of contemplation\u2019, published in\u00a0New Zealand \u2013 By the Way: Immigrant photographers & Photographs of\u00a0Immigrants<\/em>\u00a0(Jenner Zimmermann 1996) best represent his interest in\u00a0photography as a means of making sense of\u00a0his travels.<\/p>\n

Stu Sontier was born in England, and has lived in New Zealand since the age of 8. He has worked with traditional silver gelatin printing in an extended documentary tradition and has been an active committee member of PhotoForum for many years. Following a break which included raising his son and reassessing the personal importance of photography, he now works in a more conceptual way, exploring interests in photographic materiality, failing technology and compromised ecologies.<\/p>\n

64pp 200x270mm portrait, cloth hardcover.<\/p>\n

ISBN\u00a0978\u20130\u20139951184\u20131\u20136
\n2020<\/p>\n

RRP $40 inc. GST<\/p>\n

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. . . . . and then there were none<\/b>
\nHarvey Benge, Jon Carapiet, Lloyd Jones, Haru Sameshima, Stu Sontier.
\nA collaborative book by four\u00a0New Zealand-based photographers and one writer,\u00a0breaks out of conventional\u00a0story-telling to play out their anxieties and doubts about the world they\u00a0see.
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