Issue 1, Spring 2008
VizulEyz Collective, NZ$9 | Reviewed by Andy Palmer

VizulEyz is a new publication by a group of photographers who met at the Rangiora Photographic Society and who have a strong interest in classic documentary photography – decisive moment, black and white.

One Day Sculpture
October 9 | Reviewed by Thomasin Sleigh

OCTOBER 7 – 13 was Disaster Awareness Week. It was all go in Wellington, with cars and helicopters flying over the city emitting piercing sirens followed by the words “This is a test – the next time you hear this siren it could be a real emergency or disaster. Get ready to get through – your local council can help.” Very exciting, but a little bewildering if you didn’t know what was going on.

Peter Peryer photographs;
Essays by Peter Simpson and Peter Peryer
AUP, $59.95 | Reviewed by Andy Palmer

PETER PERYER himself introduces us to his book – and to himself. In ‘First Light’, a brief autobiographical essay, he gives us some insight into the man and the artist, and where they came from. It largely comprises of seemingly random thoughts/vignettes about his childhood – such as “In 1953 we were given little British flags on sticks and made to line up along a footpath and wave at Queen Elizabeth as she was driven past. What beautiful skin, I remember thinking” – before slipping into more of a direct narrative as he gets older. While it ends shortly after he first picked up a camera, throughout Peryer hints at the foundations of his photographic interests without spelling it out.