I’d really drifted away from using the original Hipstamatic app in recent years, after perhaps overdoing it on holiday in Canada when my first iPhone was new; but also I’ve always been a bit frustrated by the wait for the processed image to appear, which I know to a lot of people consider to be [...] January 29, 2013byRobert
Again – another great thing about working on the NZ International Arts Festival is when a show sneaks up on you completely. I knew little about The Arrival or Red Leap Theatre when I went in to photograph a dress rehearsal, but I came out wanting to see a lot more of their work. I [...] February 23, 2012byRobert
One of the truly great things about being the photographer for an event like the NZ International Arts Festival is the stuff you find out about, outside the actual shows themselves. The cast of National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch spent their time in Wellington learning the traditional Ka Mate haka that had welcomed them here [...] February 22, 2012byRobert
I’ve decided this week, in the lead up to this year’s NZ International Arts Festival, to show one image from each of the previous years I’ve photographed. So – here we are, starting in my first year as official Festival photographer, 2004, with a show from my home town of Toronto: The Overcoat, by Morris [...] February 20, 2012byRobert
So sorry to hear about Peta Rutter, who I photographed in Indian Ink Theatre’s show The Dentist’s Chair at the Festival in ‘08… Indian Ink Theatre – The Dentist’s Chair – Images by Robert Catto July 23, 2010byRobert
