Photographs: Alan Miller

Photographs brings together a focused selection of works by Alan Miller, presented to coincide with the launch of his new publication photographs. On view for only two days following the book’s release, the exhibition offers an opportunity to encounter the prints firsthand — foregrounding the material and tonal qualities that are central to Miller’s practice.

Alan Miller (b. 1947, Oamaru, Aotearoa New Zealand) is a photographer whose practice spans more than four decades, grounded in a sustained engagement with landscape, travel, and the history of the medium. Working primarily in black and white, Miller is committed to traditional darkroom processes, producing hand-printed silver gelatin works that emphasise tonal depth, clarity, and atmosphere.

After extended periods in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1970s, Miller returned to New Zealand to study art history, a discipline that continues to inform his measured and reflective approach to image-making. His photographs are characterised by a precise attention to light and structure, often positioning landscape as both subject and psychological space.

Miller has exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally. His work is held in major public collections including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. He lives and works in Auckland.