Artbank: January 22, 2017

This week we talked to the photographer Sait Akkirman about his documentary photographs of Ponsonby Rd, taken between 2000 and 2016. Sait is also responsible for Arts Diary, the web project that has documented over 2400 art shows in Auckland in the last 6 years. This means Akkirman has undoubtedly seen more local art than anyone else in this time. We tried to prize out a few observations and stories from his time on the Auckland art beat.