Haruhiko Sameshima is a photographer, publisher and educator living and working in Auckland, New Zealand. His landmark publication, Bold Centuries – a collage-like book made-up of his original photographs together with found historical images and texts that serves as an engaging and poetic introduction to Sameshima’s longstanding exploration of photography as myth – is widely considered one of the most significant bodies of work produced by a New Zealand photographer to date. Haruhiko is the founder and director of Rim Books, an independant publishing operation "based in a small city in a small country, relying on networks of regional and international artists and authors who project, preserve and foster the independent voice intended for a world-wide audience."

Emma Neal is a photographer originating from Masterton, New Zealand. Born in 1993, Emma has recently completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (photography) in 2017 at the Ilam School of Fine Arts. Coming from a farming family, Emma has a strong connection to outdoors and the treatment of our natural environment.

Moana J Lee is based in Waitaha Canterbury and works with sustainable and plant-based photographic processes in a combination of documentary and fine art genres. Moana’s Master of Fine Arts Degree encompassed genealogy and ethnobotany tracing human trajectories as a way of exploring what it means to be tangata Tiriti under the current political climate.

Hanne Johnsen is a Norwegian photographer who gained her BFA at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2003. On completion of her degree, she was commissioned for two years to photograph for disability support and advocacy group, CCS. Work created during this time resulted in the travelling exhibition My Name Is... and formed the photographic content of The Man With No Arms and Other Stories, a book written by Glenn Busch.
 

Currently based in Tromso, Norway, she has gone on to work extensively throughout Russia and Europe with funding from the Norwegian government and various NGOs. She has concentrated her attention on children and youth growing up under different social conditions. This work has resulted in her book Vekst i det vanskelige (Growing in Difficuilty) and the documentary film, White Crow.

Mitchell Bright is a photographer living in Canterbury, New Zealand. Born in 1994, he recently completed his MFA at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts.

Growing up he spent his time in Selwyn and the West Coast of the South Island. He addresses these areas in his work, frequently exploring them and documenting his findings, with a particular interest in the ways in which individuals and society view and interact with the landscape. 

Bright’s practice delves into areas of fine art and documentary photography. Exhibiting in print form, which can be found in private collections around New Zealand, and also in engaging with photo-books as a medium of display and as record.

Uiga Bashford is a Christchurch based photographer. She gained her BFA(Hons) at the University of Canterbury in 2003. Her work is centered around home, autobiography and place, often investigating aspects of her Samoan-New Zealand heritage.

Uiga currently teaches art and photography at Burnside High School, Christchurch.

Bruce Connew is a photographer living in Auckland, New Zealand, and sometimes Paris.

His central projects have been shown as solo exhibitions in most public art galleries in New Zealand. A number of these projects are published as artist books and variations on the photobook. His work, both prints and artist books, is held in public and private collections in New Zealand and abroad.

‘My work does not come from orderly research. An idea emerges from an assortment of simmering propositions, components of things yet to be fashioned. With these elements in hand, I set off in pursuit of other evidence from which to construct meaning.’

Maria Buhrkuhl is a Christchurch based photographer. She gained an MFA through the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, 2005. Her work often centers around autobiographical themes, weaving elements of text and image together to build multi-levelled narratives. Her book ‘Ask Me to Dance’ was published by Place in Time and Dinard Press, Christchurch in 2008.

Maria currently teaches art and photography at St. Margaret’s College, Christchurch, alongside maintining a commercial photographic practice.

Blair Barclay is a photographer and designer. Born in Christchurch, he is currently living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark. He gained a BFA(Hons) in 2011, and a Diploma in Digital Media (Advanced) at ACG Yoobee School of Design, Christchurch.

Blair’s work has been shown at Fotofreo Festival, Australia and SoFA Gallery, Christchurch, and his artist book As the Road Bends was awarded Highly Commended for NZ Photobook of the Year, 2017.

Arabella Spoors is a Christchurch based photographer who completed her Honours in Photography at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, 2017.

Growing up in Christchurch and spending much of her childhood in Banks Peninsula, Arabella’s work is predominantly documentary based and touches on themes such as genealogy and cultural identity.

Ellie Waters is a Christchurch based photographer. She emigrated to New Zealand from the UK as a teenager and her work is focused on themes of home, belonging, cultural identity, place and memory.
 
Ellie gained her BFA from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2016 and is currently engaged in a long-term project about Lyttelton Harbour and Banks Peninsula, Canterbury.

Hannah Watkinson is a Christchurch based photographer, arts advocate and co-ordinator. She gained her BFA(Hons) at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2016, and in that same year established In Situ Photo Project, a fine art and documentary photography gallery exhibiting work by emerging artists alongside established New Zealand photographers.

Building on experience setting up In Situ within the new BNZ Centre in Christchurch’s CBD, Hannah went on to set up The Welder Collective artist studios and In Situ gallery, Welles Street, and more recently The Corner Store artist studio space and café, Cashel Street.

David Cook is a photographer and lecturer based at Massey University’s College of Creative Arts, Wellington. David's practice deals with themes of contested space, community and ecology. Major works / books include Lake of Coal (Potton & Burton), River Road (Rim Books) and Meet Me in the Sqare (Christchurch Art Gallery).