Essay by Dr. Ann McEwan;
Photography by Anne Challinor
Ramp Press/Wintec, NZ$48 | Reviewed by Andy Palmer

ONE NICE THING about photography books is that, often, there is little text. This leaves the photos – generally the reason the book exists – to be read without too much interference. A good introduction will give us a context in which to read the work in the book, and hint at what the photographer was trying to achieve. The photos can then, hopefully, be enjoyed/devoured/whatever with little distraction.

By Warwick Brown
RH/Godwit, $55 | Reviewed by Andy Palmer

ACCORDING to the media release for this book, “In... Seen This Century – out just ahead of May’s Auckland Art Fair – Warwick Brown has come up with an up-to-the-minute list of the 100 “ones to watch” to have merged in our contemporary art scene throughout the country since the turn of this century.”