Jersey friends and folk, if you are in St Helier tomorrow evening please come down to CCA Galleries International between 5:30-7:00 pm for the Jersey launch of Te Ahi Kā. You will be greeted with a warm welcome, Māori blessing and a glass of mulled wine. Books signings will follow afterwards and an opportunity to purchase limited edition prints from the project too. Earlier today I spoke with James Hand on radio at BBC Jersey (around 01:42 into his programme)
Special book launch at CCA Galleries International /
We are having a Jersey launch of my new book Te Ahi Kā – The Fires of Occupation on Thursday 22 Nov 5:30-7:00 pm at the CCA Galleries International, 10 Hill St, St Helier, Jersey.
The launch will include a Māori blessing and a reading from the book at 6 pm and will be held in a festive spirit served with Danish gluhwein.
All editions of the book, including trade, special and collector’s editions will be available for purchase.
In addition, a set of 4 Limited Edition prints and framed prints, including an unpublished triptych from the project will be on sale too.
This event is for family and friends or anybody wishing to learn more about Māori culture and their unique relationship with nature, ancestors and spirituality.
Book signing at Polycopies /
Although Trump has decided to visit Paris Photo, we are still going ahead with book signing at @polycopies boat on the Seine, albeit an hour earlier than planned at 15:00 on the upper deck with L'Ascenseur Végétal
Getting ready at Paris Photo Grand Palais 2018 /
We are getting ready for our European launch and book signing of Te Ahi Kā - The Fires of Occupation during Paris Photo. Signed copies and all editions - including Special and Collector's Editions are available for purchase. Please come and say hi!
Friday 9 Nov 18:00 Dewi Lewis Publishing at Grand Palais
Sat 10 Nov 16:00 L'Ascenseur Végétal at Polycopies
For Jersey friends and folks there will be a special book signing event and sale of limited editions prints on Thursday 22 Nov 5:30-7:00pm at CCA Galleries International, St Helier. More to follow soon!
Beyond Paris Photo - focus on photobooks in BJP /
An overview from The British Journal of Photography on some of the other events beyond Paris Photo. I will be signing copies of my new book on Friday 9 Nov at 6 pm with the official launch of Te Ahi Kā - The Fires of Occupation at the stand of Dewi Lewis Publishing in the Grand Palais and again on Saturday 10 Nov 4pm with Claude Lemaire at the table of L'Ascenseur Végétal on the Polycopies boat.
Lunch time talk at the Société Jersiaise 31 Oct /
Tomorrow I will be presenting some work during lunch time between 13:10-13:50 at the Société Jersiaise Member’s Room from my ongoing transatlantic research project, The Seaflower Venture and explore how narrative can be constructed using archives as creating starting points for developing a lens-based project across international borders. #theseaflowerventure #transatlantic #photoarchives #societejersiaise
Interview with the British Journal of Photography /
Featuring online today, an interview with The British Journal of Photography about my new book, Te Ahi Kā - The Fires of Occupation published by Dewi Lewis
Te Ahi Kā – The Fires of Occupation has finally arrived! /
In 1996 I returned to New Zealand and met Māori who was in the process of reversing the colonisation of their people and returning to their ancestral homeland Mangapapapa in the middle reaches of the Whanganui River. At the end of my journey I was given a Māori name, Pouma Pokai-Whenua. Returning 20 years later to rekindle my spiritual kinship with tangata whenua our new book Te Ahi Kā – The Fires of Occupation explore the physical and metaphysical relationship between a river and its ancestors, between Māori and myself. Available for sale worldwide at Dewi Lewis Publishing. https://www.dewilewis.com/…/te-ahi-ka-the-fires-of-occupati…
Official European launch at Paris Photo on Fri 9 Nov with a book signing at 18:00 in the Grand Palais.
Copies for Aotearoa are currently being shipped across the oceans with a launch in mid-November, including a special karakia in Auckland. For all enquiries in New Zealand, including Australia and the South Pacific please contact Oratia Books.
Too many people in the past 22 years have been involved in the making of this book to mention here, but a few individuals needs a special acknowledgement. The incredible book designer Ania Nałęcka-Milach and equally magnificent Rafał Milach for editing a perfect sequence of images from a vast collection of photographs spanning from 1885 to 2017. All whanau and the Trustees of Te Wananga o Mangapapapa Trust for all their support, especially Anahera whose input has been invaluable. Lastly, to my elders Hokio Te-Rangi, Tawhero and Tukaiora – tēnā koutou katoa.
Published with financial support from Creative New Zealand, New Zealand Lottery Grants Board and Te Mana O Te Awa Grant administered by Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui.
