Best in show
The Lumix GH5 is the most-anticipated camera of 2017. Does it live up to the hype?
Everyday places
Mark Barber captures the language of small-town New Zealand architecture.
Joyce Campbell
An artist working in photography, video and sculpture, Joyce Campbell has exhibited around the world, works between Los Angeles and Wairoa, teaches at Elam School of Fine Arts, and in 2016 was shortlisted for the Walters Prize.
Life after death
What happens to a magazine when it dies?
This is my country
As a relative newcomer to photography, and to Australia, Ingetje Tadros created an award-winning series on her new community.
Vest Pocket Kodak
Back when EXIF data was DIY, this easily-concealed camera was a runaway success with World War I servicemen.
Practice shots
Heinrich Hoffman and the pictures Hitler hated.
Wallpaper of the world
An utterly ordinary image is one of the biggest commercial successes in history—and nobody had any choice in the matter.
Military precision
Amanda McErlich on the role of a public-affairs photographer in the New Zealand Defence Force.
Donna Ferrato
American photographer Donna Ferrato has championed women’s rights through her work on domestic violence for nearly 30 years. In November 2016, Ferrato’s most well-known image, which launched her journey down this path, was included in Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential series of photographs.
Picture story
A famous painting, from a mass-produced photo, is an object lesson in the cultural distance between artist and subject.
Sky writing
When Catalan photographer Xavi Bou set out to depict the motion of a bird in flight, he discovered a 19th-century technique that shows the passage of time.
Pentax 6X7
The behemoth medium-format camera and its descendants have been the choice of photography greats since its 1969.
Photographer of the Year 2016
Congratulations to the winners of the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year 2016. From 3500 entries, these are the finest visions of our environment and society, and this year's contribution to the ever-expanding record of our place, and our people.
Lay of the land
Graeme Murray was filming from the air when he saw the opportunity for a still shot—a finalist in the aerial category of the 2016 New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year contest.
Susan Meiselas
After beginning her career in photography education, teaching 'visual literacy' in public primary schools, Susan Meiselas turned to photojournalism. She is best known for her long-term coverage of Nicaragua. Her work appears in many books, and in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of Art.
The business of romance
Frustrated with the old-fashioned look of bridal magazines, wedding photographer Greta Kenyon started her own. A year on, Together Journal is a global success.
Taming the British bulldog
Strip away the props, and the true essence of a subject is revealed.
Top of the world
The calligraphic line of a snow-covered ridge is a finalist in the landscape category of the 2016 New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year contest.
Ghost in the machine
Of all the consumer applications for artificial intelligence, proponents have focused their efforts on photography first. Results: mixed.
