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Andrew Ross - artist's bio
Andrew Ross has actively photographed Wellington's urban landscape since the early 1990s, with emphasis on older buildings,
those which are threatened with demolition or significant renovation, and the people who make their lives or livings in the buildings.
He is a keen tramper and has a great appreciation of the NZ landscape, which he also photographs.
While Ross's photographic oeuvre is essentially documentary, his skill in selecting viewpoint and judging lighting,
and his use of a large format camera pushes his work strongly into the sphere of fine art photography. Like Laurence Aberhart,
he contact-prints his hand-developed negatives, more recently on Printing Out Paper (POP) for its subtlety of tonal gradation,
and the prints are gold-toned. Each print involves hours of darkroom work and is a unique object, as it will not be exactly the
same as any other print from the negative.
Please note: this site currently shows a selection of older Andrew Ross photographs. More recent images (2003-2007) will be added soon.
2009
- Andrew Ross is the resident artist at Tylee Cottage, Wanganui, Feb-July
- Photospace gallery - This is Mitchelltown (stock ehibition)
2008
- Photospace gallery - Special Places
- Book launch - Fiat Lux - the photography of Andrew Ross
- Photospace, March Lumiere Reader review
NZ Listener review
Listener's 100 Best Books
of 2008
- Te Tuhi - Land Wars, Part II (group show) Hear A.Ross & Emma Bugden
- On Show (Photoforum group show) Bath St Gallery, Auckland, June-July
- Close-up: contemporary contact prints - group show, Gus Fisher Gallery, The University of Auckland,
May-July, and Ramp Gallery, Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, August. Curated by Paul McNamara.
2007
- Photospace gallery - Some Recent Photographs
- Parallel Praxis - three photographers - Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, July/Aug
(with Paul Thompson, Johanna Mechen, curated by Janet Bayly)
2006
2005
- Group show curated by Daniel du Bern for Canary Gallery, Auckland, May/June
- Photospace gallery - Architectural Views
2004
- Photospace gallery - Te Aro: a recent photographic history
- Wellington Public Hospital - Prahna Café, Newtown, Wellington
- Histories - group show curated by Alison Jones, Photospace gallery, Feb/Mar
- Link Span Festival Exhibition - with Peter Peryer, Wellington waterfront, curated by Paul McNamara, Feb/Mar
2003
- Living Treasures - series of portraits of prominent Wellingtonians, commissioned by and shown at the Wellinton Museum of City and Sea, Queens Wharf
- Photospace gallery - Domestic - 2003
- The Caravan - group show curated by Paul McNamara, shown at McNamara Gallery, Wanganui and Pataka, Porirua
2002
- Victory Over Death - group show curated by Peter Ireland, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Cuba St, Wellington
- Photospace gallery - Workshops
- Vista - group show, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
- Photospace gallery - Look at Wellington! - group show, curator: James Gilberd
2001
- Looking Back - group show curated by Peter Ireland, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Cuba St, Wellington
- Photospace gallery - Photos for Sport
- Old gates, New Journeys - group show, Hirschfeld Gallery, Wellington City Gallery
- Photospace gallery - Look at Wellington! - group show, cur:James Gilberd
1998-2000
Publications:
- Land Wars - Te Tuhi, Auckland, 2008
- Water - editorial + images, NZCP Journal #62, 2006/7, pub. New Zealand centre for Photography, Wellington - NZCP site
- Portfolio: Wellington Interiors, New Zealand Journal of Photography #47, Winter 2002, pub. New Zealand centre for Photography, Wellington -
- Portfolio: Andrew Ross, New Zealand Journal of Photography #45, Summer 2001/02, pub. New Zealand centre for Photography, Wellington
- Wellington Views: photographs by Andrew Ross: Sport #26, Autumn 2001, pub. Victoria University Press, Wellington
See www.nzetc.org for complete essay text.
- Portfolio: Photographs of Newtown, New Zealand Journal of Photography #34, Summer 1999, pub. New Zealand centre for Photography, Wellington - NZCP site
Collections:
Works are held in a number of significant private collections in New Zealand and overseas, and in the public collections of The Wellington City Council Archives, The Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and the NZ Historic Places Trust.
Contact:
Street and postal address:
Photospace gallery
1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
ph/fax: 64-4-382 9502
Mobile: 027 444 3899
Director: James Gilberd
j.gilberd at xtra.co.nz
All material ©Andrew Ross and Photospace
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