Our Artists

Andris Apse

Andris has been a full time Landscape photographer since 1983.  He has achieved:

•    Honary Fellow of The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers
•    Member New Zealand Order of Merit
•    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.
•    Corporate Profile Photography in USA, England, Australia and throughout New Zealand.
•    Commissioned assignments in Hawaii, Singapore, Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Thailand, USA, Australia, Tahiti and New Zealand.

Andris has 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.
•    Warren Miller’s Snowworld.  USA.
•    Terra.  Germany.
•    Newsweek.  USA.
•    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.  USA.
•    The Regent International.  Hong Kong.
•    Airone.  Italy.

 

Andris’s Major Book Projects Include:

•    New Zealand Landscapes
•    The World’s Top Photographers: Landscape
•    Thailand.  7 Days in the Kingdom
•    New Zealand From the Air
•    Magnificent Wilderness
•    This is New Zealand
•    Wild New Zealand
•    Discover New Zealand
•    Travellers New Zealand
•    New Zealand Subantartic Islands
•    Andris Apse – Fiordland
•    Andris Apse – Odyssey and Images
•    Te Wahipounamu.  South-West New Zealand
•    New Zealand Horizons
•    Spectacular New Zealand
•    Landmarks
•    Making of New Zealand
•    Surprising Lands Down Under
•    Day Break 2000
•    Nueseeland
•    New Zealand the Beautiful Wilderness
•    New Zealand the Millennium
•    Light and Landscape

 

The Story of Andris Apse