Real Pictures

11/02/2022

RNZ National Radio - Kim Hill interviews Johnny Tucker - his first hand account of life with the 'Road People of Aotearoa'. Photographed by the late Paul C. Gilbert.

10 AM 12th February 2022 - this Saturday! Tune into 101.4FM
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday

28/08/2020

19/10/2019

I am scanning my back catalogue. Here is a selfie I took that is published in the book: To Save a Forest - Whirinaki.Page 62. "I walked along the Whirinaki Track for about 40 minutes and discovered this stand just off to the left. It was becoming dark and a strong wind had started to blow. I took one photograph from this angle but realised that unless I appeared in the scene as well, the scale of the huge trees would not be understood. The exposure was about 3 minutes at f32, so, after setting open the shutter, I wandered around behind the tree on the right and held a pose for two minutes before walking back to the camera."

22/12/2016

RIP 1987 "His Majesty's Arcade" what a waste of Auckland heritage! I had one of those awesome retail shops through 84/85 must have been one of the last tenants!

15/11/2016

A few more posters from the PhotoForum archives.

01/07/2015

09/06/2015

Posted by Paul Gilbert on messenger
"Fully equiped Phot awaits airlift ?"

08/06/2015

Discovered on Peter Peryer's blog-Denys Watkins, Paul Hartigan, Tony Fomison, & Don Binney at Real Pictures. The group had a show in 1980-Photographs by Four Painters.

16/05/2015

Moving Real Pictures to Richmond Road after the demolition of His Majesty's Theatre

11/05/2015

Here is a news item that Nina Seja has found

His Majesty's Theatre was completed in 1902 to designs by the Australian William Pitt with local firm Edward Mahoney & Sons. A permit for its demolition was ...