Laurence Aberhart is a photographer whose work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Stedelijik Museum in Amsterdam, the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne, and the City Gallery Wellington. Gregory O'Brien is a poet, a painter, and a curator at City Gallery Wellington. He is the author of many art books, including Hotere: Out the Black Window, Lands and Deeds, Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance, Rosalie Gascoigne: Plain Air, and Welcome to the South Seas: Contemporary New Zealand Art for Young People. Justin Paton is a curator at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and the author of Jeffrey Harris and How to Look at a Painting.