about
Guy Needham’s inquisitive worldview was shaped by growing up in rural New Zealand in the 1970s. Today he is noted for his work with indigenous tribes, primarily drawing on themes of identity and place within cultural narratives.
His work is a hybrid of photographic genres, sitting somewhere between documentary and portraiture. The simplicity of his pared-down style often belies a nuanced observation of subjects. His work is described as having both a quiet intensity and a subtle momentum that balances stillness and movement.
His images have been exhibited in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, Tokyo, Athens, Los Angeles and Sydney, and been seen on the pages of National Geographic Traveler, Lonely Planet, Get Lost, SUITCASE Magazine, International Traveler, Portrait Magazine and AFAR.
A member of the Royal Photographic Society, he also belongs to the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, the Los Angeles Center of Photography, Griffin Museum of Photography and the Photographic Society of New Zealand.