Woolsheds

Jane Ussher MNZM is one of New Zealand’s foremost documentary and portrait photographers whose work has been widely published and has won numerous awards. Her photographs have appeared in the high-profile, award-winning books Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton (Murdoch Books, 2010); Coast: A New Zealand Journey (Godwit, 2013); Worship: A History of New Zealand Church Design (Godwit, 2015); Islands: A New Zealand Journey (Godwit, 2016); The New Zealand Horse: A 200 Year History (Massey University Press, 2018); Endless Sea: Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa (Massey University Press, 2020); Nature — Stilled (Te Papa Press, 2020); Homesteads: The Story of New Zealand’s Grand Country Homes (Point Publishing, 2020); Rooms: Portraits of Remarkable New Zealand Interiors (Massey University Press, 2022); Woolsheds: The Historic Shearing Sheds of Aotearoa New Zealand (Massey University Press, 2024); Olveston: A Portrait of a Home (Massey University Press, 2025); and Stringer: The Art of Terry Stringer (Massey University Press, 2026).

Dr Annette O’Sullivan is a design academic and former senior lecturer in typography at Massey University’s School of Design. She is a London-trained typographer and letterpress printer and has a background in publishing, museum and exhibition design. She is a Massey University Honorary Research Associate and member of the International Society of Typographic Designers.