Palmerston North-based Gerry le Roux is an award-winning photographer, educator and visual artist.

His practice is grounded in documentary photography while incorporating fine art and conceptual approaches to explore place, identity, memory and the uncertain relationship between photography and truth. His work often resists resolved narratives, using ambiguity, gesture and visual metaphor to invite viewers to participate in meaning-making.

Gerry holds Masters degrees in Design and Science and is a Master of Photography with Distinction through the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography. He lectures in photography at UCOL and runs Sciencelens, a photography practice focused on communicating science visually.

His current practice includes Manawatū Migrant Voices, a collaborative portrait project combining photography and handwritten text to explore the experiences and identities of migrants living in the Manawatū.

Gerry is a regular guest judge at the Manawatū and Whanganui camera clubs, and has judged the annual NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, now Earth Sciences New Zealand) photography awards since 2014.