New Zealand Landscapes [Hardcover]

Andris Apse (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 1996

A collection of over 100 photographs of New Zealand and its sub-Antarctic islands by Andris Apse, one of the country's most successful and innovative landscape photographers. With an introductory essay by Andy Dennis.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Potton, Craig Publishing (August 31, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0908802234
• ISBN-13: 978-0908802234
• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,681,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in Latvia in 1943 and arrived in New Zealand in 1949. When leaving school I joined the New Zealand Forest Service and later the Forest and Range Experiment Station where I traveled to remote parts of New Zealand and encountered for the first time wilderness areas that made a lasting impact on me.

Since those first wilderness experiences I searched for ways to record and show the rest of the world the wild untamed beauty of our National Parks and Nature Reserves. I began to learn about photography and to cut a very long story short, I became a professional photographer in 1969 and graduated to full time landscape photography in 1983.

Since 1983 I have traveled more extensively and photographed in many countries but my main passion is the wilderness areas of Southern New Zealand, the Sub-Antarctic Islands and Antarctica.

Summary.

Full time Landscape photographer since 1983.
Winner of the animal behaviour section of the International Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition run by the Natural History Museum. Great Britain.
Winner of the Olympus Seventieth Anniversary Photographic Competition. Japan.
Winner of the Gold Award in the Pacific Asia Travel Association travel photograph category. Hong Kong.
First Prize in International Magazine Advertising. Awarded by the Advertising Club. New York.
Guest exhibitor at the International Photography Hall of Fame. Oklahoma. USA.
Twice awarded the Bronze Axis Award by the Advertising Institute of New Zealand.
Third prize winner in the Linhof International Photographic Competition. Germany.
Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers.
Corporate Profile photography in USA, England, Australia, and throughout New Zealand.

Commissioned assignments in Hawaii, Singapore, Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Thailand, USA, Australia, Tahiti, New Zealand.

Freelance photography in Chile, Latvia, Russia, India, Sub-Antarctic Islands, Italy, Tonga, Macquarie Island, Antarctica, Oman and Alaska.

Images Featured in the following publications:

* The New York Times. USA
* Merian. Germany.
* Geo. Germany
* Geo. Russia
* Club Marine. Australia
* Time. Pacific
* Sports International. Germany
* Latitudes. Canada
* Terra. Germany.
* Warren Miller's Snowworld. U.S.A
* Newsweek. U.S.A
* Focus. Italy

* Seven Seas. Japan
* National Geographic Explorer. USA
* Geo. Italy
* VSD. France
* The Peak. Hong Kong
* Marco Polo. Hong Kong
* Frankfurter Allgemeine. Germany
* Macquarie Island. Tasmania.
* Powder. U.S.A
* The Regent International. Hong Kong
* Airone. Italy

Major Book Projects:

* Light and Landscape
* New Zealand Landscapes
* The World's Top Photographers: Landscape
* Thailand. 7 Days in the Kingdom
* New Zealand From the Air
* Magnificient Wilderness
* This is New Zealand
* Wild New Zealand
* Discover New Zealand
* Travellers New Zealand
* New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
* Andris Apse - Odyssey and Images
* Andris Apse - Fiordland

* Te Wahipounamu. South-West New Zealand
* New Zealand Horizons
* Spectacular New Zealand
* Landmarks
* Making of New Zealand
* Suprising Lands Down Under
* Day Break 2000
* Neuseeland
* New Zealand the Beautiful Wilderness
* New Zealand The Millennium
* Farm Country
* Neuseeland, Die Schonsten Bilder

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Images!!, May 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: New Zealand Landscapes (Hardcover)

I am an amateur photographer who just returned from an extended vacation in New Zealand. I spent a lot of time looking for the perfect scenic picture book to take home as a souviner, and I must say that this one was absolutely the best! Andris Apse is an amazing photographer - his images of the New Zealand country and coastal areas are incredibly well composed. The lighting, the scope, the sheer beauty of it all..... it's difficult to put into words. The price for this title in the US is well worth it. If you are able, definitely get your hands on a copy. And if you want to have a look at more of his stuff, visit his website.

Even if you've never been to New Zealand, I highly recommend this title as a thoroughly enjoyable work of art!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow. Wow., April 7, 2004

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BallardSwede "stones2cut" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Zealand Landscapes (Hardcover)

This is a simply beautiful book of photographs. Apse's custom-built medium-format cameras and his eye for composition and lighting have produced a collection that distills the essence of New Zealand's beautiful "Four Seasons in a Day" landscapes.

I just returned from 3-weeks in New Zealand and I must have looked at 30 NZ published photo albums before I left, settling on "New Zealand Landscapes." The US price for this NZ published book is a little steep, but it beats the pants off anything else I saw.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant photos!, October 28, 2003

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Amanda J. Larkin (Atlanta, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Zealand Landscapes (Hardcover)

I just received this as a gift. It's filled with some amazing shots all over New Zealand and some nearby islands. Some of the photos do not even look real they are so picture perfect. I love his use of light in the photos as well. Only thing better will be getting to go there. :-)