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4 Mar 2024

Not the Bluff you think you know

Pick up a copy of the New Zealand Herald's Travel magazine for my latest story on Bluff. The town known for those fat juicy you-know-whats, and the place where every New Zealand fundraising ride / walk / tour seems to end, is having a modern-day renaissance...

3 Jan 2024

Yellowstone meets Warkworth

The Warkworth Rodeo, held north of Auckland New Zealand, didn't disappoint with its annual gathering of cowboys and cowgirls.

22 Dec 2023

The Last Great Hunter-Gatherers

"The leader reaches in between the freshly cut, drooping skin and through to the open organ cavity. Twisting his hand with a precision that only comes with age, he pulls out the bloody liver."

4 Dec 2023

Java's sacred Shadow Puppets

The Jungle Journal has just published Guy Needham's photo essay on the wayang kulit, Indonesia’s centuries-old shadow puppet tradition.

10 Nov 2023

NZ Camera 2023

Lokop Mabel, one of the elders of the Dani tribe in Papua's Anemoigi village, features in NZ Camera 2023.

24 Oct 2023

Falling for New England

Want to know the best way to sell maple syrup in Vermont? Or where to go for the annual pumpkin' chuckin' contest?

27 Sept 2023

The Dani come to Auckland

In Guy Needham's first New Zealand show in three years, The Dani is now showing at The Grey Place in Auckland.

17 Sept 2023

On show in Barcelona

Europe's first showing of The Dani is now live at Barcelona's Fotonostrum Gallery, accompanied by background on the tribe itself.

10 Sept 2023

Lokop Mabel wins Portrait Award

Lokop Mabel of The Dani tribe has won another award, this time the Portrait category in the international Shoot The Frame competition.

20 Jul 2023

The Huli at Webb's

Webb's upcoming Material Culture auction, a celebration of the mastery and skill of indigenous artists and their craft, will feature images from The Hull of Papua New Guinea.

9 May 2023

Domi Logo goes to Athens

An image of Domi Logo, one of the elders of the Dani tribe, has been selected for an international Portraits exhibition in Athens, Greece.

9 Mar 2023

Photographers for Ukraine

Guy Needham and a number of photographers worldwide have joined together to raise funds for UNICEF Ukraine via Portugal's Incubator Gallery.

30 Nov 2022

Yunita Mabel wins Bronze

Fresh off winning the Portrait award for Shoot The Frame, and ashowing at the Indian Photography Festival, this image of Yunita Mabel has just won Bronze at the Budapest International Foto Awards.

15 Nov 2022

From Papua to Boston

Boston's Griffin Museum of Photography will be the first United States gallery to feature one of the Dani tribe from Indonesia's Papua region.

11 Sept 2022

Aman Ipai honoured in Vienna

A monochromatic portrait of Aman Ipai, one of the Mentawai of Indonesia, has been selected for the Vienna International Photo Awards.

5 Sept 2022

Two Dani in Scotland

Two images of Dani elders taken outside their pilamo or men's hut, have been selected for the Glasgow Gallery of Photography's Portraits exhibition.

30 Aug 2022

Hadzabe Girl wins Silver

Hadzabe Girl has won Silver at the prestigious 2022 Prix de la Photographie de Paris in France.

8 Jul 2022

Yunita Mabel wins Shoot The Frame

A portrait of a young Dani woman, Yunita Mabel, from the Papua region of Indonesia has won the Portrait Award for Shoot The Frame.

14 Jun 2022

The Dani go to the USA

An image of a Mika Logo, a boy from the Dani tribe in the Papua region of Indonesia, has been selected for Praxis Gallery's international Portraits exhibition.

22 Mar 2022

Palliser & Pinnacles

Check out the cover story of today's Herald Travel section to read all about New Zealand's only red-and-white striped lighthouse, the country's biggest fur seal colony...

8 Dec 2021

Carnaval in Suitcase Magazine

The latest issue of travel + culture magazine SUITCASE features a photo essay of images Guy Needham took at the Carnaval de Blancos y Negros.

25 Sept 2021

6th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography

December sees The Hadzabe of Tanzania continue its world tour in Barcelona, as part of the 6th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography.

13 Sept 2021

La Mercè selected for US exhibition

La Mercè, an image taken for a New Zealand Herald article, has been selected for Praxis Gallery's International Juried Photography Exhibition.

7 May 2021

Opening Night in Melbourne

Last night saw the opening of The Hadzabe of Tanzania in Melbourne, Australia, where guests found out about the Hadzabe's traditional nomadic lifestyle of dirt, baboons and clicks.

23 Apr 2021

Six Tribes donates to Barcelona

Following its inaugural showing at Atelier Güell, a limited number of Six Tribes prints will be on show in Barcelona from April 24 to May 15 at the gallery.

21 Apr 2021

Tales of the Unwritten

Nashi Boy, as featured in Metro magazine and the Royal Photographic Society's The Decisive Moment, has been selected for a street photography book and exhibition in Italy.

9 Apr 2021

Hadzabe Girl at Center for Photographic Art

Fresh on the back of winning silver in the 2020 SGIPA International Photography Awards, Hadzabe Girl has been selected from amongst 2000 submissions to be part of the Center of Photographic Art's 2021 Juried Exhibition

16 Nov 2020

Hadzabe Girl wins Silver

Hadzabe Girl, a Dickenesque portrait taken in the Laye Eyasi district of Tanzania, has been announced as one of the winners in the 2020 SGIPA International Photography Awards.

19 Oct 2020

Samburu Opening Night

Hundreds of people made it along to the inaugural showing of the Samburu of Kenya on the Opening Night and throughout Auckland Artweek.

3 Oct 2020

The Samburu on RNZ National

On RNZ National Guy Needham joins Colin Peacock to discuss his work and the intimate portraits he created of the Samburu tribe in northern Kenya.

2 Oct 2020

Aman Ipai overlooks Florida

Aman Ipai, also known as 'The Mentawai Smoker' is being shown as part of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts' exhibition this month.

19 Sept 2020

The Hadzabe in Portrait Magazine

Portrait Magazine, a digital publication dedicated to portrait photography, has chosen The Hadzabe of Tanzania to be featured in its latest issue amongst six other photographic projects.

21 Aug 2020

Flowers for Basel

A select group of images from "There are always flowers (for those who want to see them) - Henri Matisse" will be making an appearance in a virtual exhibition in Basel, Switzerland.

20 Aug 2020

New Zealand Camera 2020

Hadzabe Girl has been included in the just-released 2020 New Zealand Camera Book.

4 Jul 2020

Lake Tekapo X Los Angeles

A photo taken at sunrise at New Zealand's Lake Tekapo has been selected for the upcoming The Golden Hour exhibition at the Auburn Art Gallery in Los Angeles.

2 Jun 2020

Hadzabe Kudu in F-Stop magazin

Online photography magazine F-Stop has included two of the Hadzabe series in its June issue - Hadzabe Boy and Hadzabe Kudu.

14 Apr 2020

Goroka Boy goes to the United States

Goroka Boy, an image taken in the central Highlands of Papua New Guinea, has been selected for Praxis Gallery's international juried Portraits exhibition.

3 Apr 2020

There are always flowers

"There are always flowers (for those who want to see them) - Henri Matisse" is a series designed to bring light to the dark days of Coronavirus.

20 Jan 2020

Jaguars in the Jungle

In this coming weekend's Sunday Star-Times you can read all about how I helplessly watched on as my guide was slowly poisoned...

4 Dec 2019

LA Center of Photography Member of the Month

Guy Needham has been selected as LACP's Member of the Month for his Tribal series.

16 Nov 2019

Hadzabe Girl in Budapest

Next week Hadzabe Girl appears as part of a group exhibition to be held at Budapest's Ferencvárosi Művelődési Központ.

5 Nov 2019

Kilts meet Kudu

Two of Guy Needham's indigenous portraits, Hadzabe Smoker (wearing a kudu skin) from the Hadzabe of Tanzania series, and Final Touches from The Huli of Papua New Guinea, will go on show for the first time in the UK.

8 Oct 2019

Tower to the People

"Squinting up, we could make out a young girl in a red helmet scrambling towards the top. The crowd was told to shush. Plaça de Sant Juame fell silent as we held our collective breath..."

28 Sept 2019

First Place win in Florida

Hadzabe Girl has taken away 1st Place in the People & Portraits category at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts.

19 Sept 2019

Six Tribes opens in Barcelona

On the back of its first showing in Athens, Six Tribes opens in Barcelona tomorrow night in the historic Raval area.

18 Aug 2019

Castles in the Sky

If you want to read about why I disappointed a Nun while gazing out from ancient monasteries perched atop towering pinnacles of rock in Meteora, Greece, pick up a copy of this Tuesday's New Zealand Herald.

30 May 2019

Shoot The Frame book out now

Two of Guy Needham's portraits - Aman Teutagougou and Hadzabe Smoker - grace the pages of the latest Shoot The Frame photobook.

29 May 2019

The Hadzabe opens in Auckland

The sixth instalment of Guy Needham's tribal series opened in Auckland last night to a packed Grey gallery.

23 May 2019

Monochrome in Hungary

Aman Ipai, one of the lead images in The Mentawai of Indonesia series, has been selected as part of a group Monochrome exhibition to be held in Budapest next month.

17 Apr 2019

Der Letzte Schliff geht nach Berlin

Final Touches, from The Huli of Papua New Guinea series, is making an appearance at Berlin's Jarvis Dooney gallery throughout April.

15 Apr 2019

Judging for Crete

Guy Needham has been selected as one of the international jury for the upcoming Chania International Photo Festival.

23 Feb 2019

Auckland Festival of Photography

Guy Needham's The Hadzabe of Tanzania has been selected for the Core programme of this year's Auckland Festival of Photography.

9 Feb 2019

Greece welcomes Éxi Fylés

Last night Éxi Fylés (six tribes) opened at the Blank Wall Gallery in Athens, with a show-and-tell opening night.

19 Jan 2019

First Peoples in D-Photo magazine

Pick up a copy of the latest D-Photo magazine to read the feature article about my time with the Hadzabe of Tanzania

11 Dec 2018

Pride of Kenya

If you want to know about drinking goat's blood and tracking lions, pick up a copy of today's New Zealand Herald.

4 Dec 2018

The Hadzabe go to the US

Hadzabe Smoker, the lead image of The Hadzabe of Tanzania series, will have its US debut next month in the SE Center for Photography.

26 Sept 2018

The Hamar in Vermont

Vermont's PhotoPlace Gallery has selected one of Guy Needham's Hamar of Ethiopia images for its upcoming Travel exhibition.

14 Jul 2018

PhotoKina Germany

Final Touches, the lead image of Guy Needham's The Huli of Papua New Guinea series, will be on show at PhotoKina in Cologne, Germany this September.

27 Jun 2018

LA meets Siberut

Aman Ipai, one of the feature images of Guy Needham's The Mentawai of Indonesia series, has been selected by the Los Angeles Centre of Photography for a group exhibition.

26 Jun 2018

Urban 2018 Photo Awards

Guy Needham's Shades of Otara has been chosen as a Selected Series in the dotArt Urban 2018 Photo Awards out of 4,460 photos and 272 portfolios from around the world.

25 Jun 2018

Chania International Photography Festival

Two of Guy Needham's images from his Mentawai tribal series will be part of the inaugural Chania International Photography festival in Crete.

5 Jun 2018

Huli Boy in Dutch exhibition

This walking dichotomy of a young Huli boy - is he turning his back on a traditional way of life, or walking towards his future - has been selected by Rotterdam's Galerie Sehnsucht as part of its Wanderlust exhibition.

15 May 2018

Resting at London Photo Festival

The feature image of the Shades of Otara series is on show this week at the 2018 London Photo Festival.

9 May 2018

Viva La Fiesta!

The featured 'Postcard' in the latest Lonely Planet Traveller is a shot taken by Guy Needham at Colombia's Carnaval of The Blacks and Whites.

8 May 2018

The Mentawai opens in Sydney

The third of Guy Needham's tribal series, The Mentawai of Indonesia, is now on show in Sydney as part of Australia's Head On Photo Festival.

16 Apr 2018

A Different Aspect of Reality

Two of the images from The Mentawai will be shown in Athens, Greece this month as part of an international group Portraits exhibition.

9 Mar 2018

Otara in the Royal Photographic Society Journal

One of the most defining images of the Shades of Otara series is spotlit in this month's Royal Photographic Society's Journal.

25 Feb 2018

Warriors with wi-fi

The lead travel story in today's Sunday Star-Times is my experience of meeting the Waorani tribe in the Ecuadorian Amazon - and what I did not expect.

25 Jan 2018

Carnaval in the Bogota Post

Colombia's Bogota Post has selected an image taken by Guy Needham at the recent Carnaval de Negros y Blancos for its front page.

16 Jan 2018

Colours of Colombia

"All the fun of the fiesta in Latin America" is captured on the cover of the latest New Zealand Herald travel magazine.

12 Jan 2018

Head on Photo Festival

The third of Guy Needham's tribal series, The Mentawai of Indonesia, will be shown as part of the Head On Photo Festival in Australia this year.

12 Dec 2017

The AFAR Guide to Auckland

Want to know more about visiting New Zealand's 'City of Sails'? Check out this guide on AFAR.com that I locally edited, to find out the best places to stay, where to eat & drink, what to do, and of course, where to shop.

24 Oct 2017

Living with the Mentawai

If you'd like to know what it's really like living with an ancient tribe in the equatorial rainforest check out my latest article in the New Zealand Herald to find out about coping with leeches, rotting wood, poison arrows and medicine men.

13 Sept 2017

Royal Photographic Society meets Otara

The Royal Photographic Society, one of the world's premium photography institutions, is featuring a gallery of Shades of Otara on their website.

19 Jul 2017

The Mentawai in D-Photo Magazine

In an exclusive interview with D-Photo magazine Guy Needham talks about the lengths he went to to get the shots for his upcoming exhibition, The Mentawai of Indonesia.

4 May 2017

Digital Photo Magazine's photo of the Day

One of the images in the upcoming exhibition, The Mentawai of Indonesia, has featured in the US magazine Digital Photo as their Photo of the Day.

2 May 2017

That Sinking Feeling

“It’s fair to say that Tuvalu is unlike any other islands you’re likely to visit: small, isolated, beautiful, sleepy and sinking."

15 Oct 2016

Colour Nature II released

Guy Needham's latest project, a departure from his tribal work, has just been released for sale as Colour Nature (II).

5 Aug 2016

The Hamar opens in Auckland

The Hamar of Ethiopia opened last night in Auckland with Guy Needham sharing stories about Ethiopia and talking about the concept behind the exhibition.

3 May 2016

Lone Star State of Mind

“Y’all not from round here, are ya? Ain’t nobody drinks Buuuud." Ever wondered what it's like in a true cowboy town in southern Texas?

14 Apr 2016

On cultural awareness

Last night Guy Needham spoke at the North Shore Photographic Society about his travel photography experiences and his recent Shades of Otara exhibition.

19 Jan 2016

Here to Help

Guy Needham's latest article about voluntourism in Ethiopia is the cover story of the New Zealand Herald's travel section.

23 Oct 2015

Issues around Permission

Last night Guy Needham spoke at the Auckland Photographic Society about his travel photography experiences and his recent Shades of Otara exhibition.

21 Oct 2015

Goroka selected for UK Portrait Salon

The UK Portrait Salon has accepted ‘Goroka’ by Guy Needham, into the 2015 exhibition to be held in London in November.

8 Jul 2015

Winner of National Geographic Traveller Competition

An image taken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea by Guy Needham has won National Geographic Traveller magazine's "Colour My World" photography competition.

4 Jun 2015

Why Albania

“Why Albania?” “Why not?”
“What have they done to us?” “What have they done for us?”
“Nothing….”
“See, they keep to themselves. Shifty. Untrustable.”

1 Jun 2015

Shades of Otara opens

Guy Needham's latest solo exhibition, Shades of Otara, opened this week at Studio One in Auckland.

13 May 2015

Interview with The Photographers' Mail

Adrian Hatwell of D-Photo magazine and The Photographers' Mail sat down to discuss Guy Needham's upcoming solo exhibition, Shades of Otara.

26 Apr 2015

The Strangest Town in Australia

We both looked up. It was a strange sound, obviously unfamiliar to my host. “When was the last time it rained here?” I asked. A pause. “Um… this is the first time this year. Might settle the dust though,” said Nick laconically. Perhaps a good omen to mark the centenary of what some would say is Australia’s strangest town.

26 Apr 2015

The Strangest Town in Australia

​Guy Needham's latest travel article has featured in the Sunday Star-Times, about Australia's Strangest Town.

5 Feb 2015

Off-grid Ocean Journey

“When the alarm goes you grab this,” Officer Cadet Dusan said as he pointed to my lifejacket. “And this.” An orange survival suit. “We muster on C Deck, starboard side.” I didn’t know if it was a good or bad thing that my welcome was bringing up Titanic-like thoughts.

3 Feb 2015

Off-Grid Ocean Journey

Guy Needham's latest photo expedition, on a freighter across the Tasman Sea and South Pacific Ocean has featured in the New Zealand Herald's travel section.

14 Nov 2014

Shades of Otara to show at Studio One

Studio One in Ponsonby has confirmed that Shades of Otara - a documentary series three years in the making - will be exhibited from 25 May next year.

19 Oct 2014

Photographers Meet Up group

Last night Guy Needham shared his tips on safety, planning, gear and marketing with 25 other photographers at the Image Centre Meet Up group.

7 Sept 2014

Someone Else's World

Guy Needham's tips on preparing for overseas photoshoots is part of this month's D-Photo Magazine article on "Someone Else's World".

14 Jul 2014

Colour Nature opens

Guy Needham's next exhibition, Colour // Nature will be hosted by Auckland's Grand Rendezvous Hotel.

1 Jul 2014

Dalmatian Cultural Society's Open Day

Guy Needham's People of The Balkans exhibition is having its second showing, this time at the Dalmatian Cultural Society's Open Day in September 2014.

4 Jun 2014

Opening Night for The Huli

Last night saw the opening of The Huli of Papua New Guineaas part of the Auckland Festival of Photography.

27 May 2014

Splendid Isolation in D-Photo magazine

Guy Needham was recently interviewed by D:Photo Magazine.

20 May 2014

Presentation on the Huli

On Tuesday 3rd June at 6pm Guy Needham, will be talking at the opening of his latest exhibition, The Huli of Papua New Guinea.

1 May 2014

Story of the Creative

Some of Guy Needham's images marking the 20th anniversary of the 90s wars in the Balkans recently featured in a New York City digital exhibition, The Story of The Creative.

14 Apr 2013

People of the Balkans

Guy Needham's People of The Balkans solo exhibition opened yesterday at The Photographer's Gallery in Napier.