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Andrew Ross

Andrew Ross, b.1966, Masterton, is a Wellington-based photographer who 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. By this process, the ultimate rendition of tonality and fine detail can be achieved by a skilled practitioner, giving each individual print a unique quality.
Andrew has photographed throughout New Zealand, with a concentration on  Southland, Whanganui and Masterton, and also has smaller bodies of photography from the USA, UK and Canada.

Also see page: Andrew Ross - photos

Video documentary

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Andrew Ross - the past in the present
2012 video documentary by Kate Logan
Watch on Vimeo, 16 minutes approx.


Collections

Works are held in a number of significant private collections in New Zealand and overseas, and in the public collections of Te Papa Tongarewa, The Dowse Art Museum, The Wellington City Council Archives, The Wellington Museum, the NZ Historic Places Trust, the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, the Eastern Southland Gallery and the Auckland City Gallery.

Photos acquired by Te Papa Tongarewa, 2010

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Fiat Lux - 51 photographs by Andrew Ross
Photographs: Andrew Ross
Essays by Damien Wilkins, Peter Ireland, Emma Bugden,
Karen Lee and John B.Turner. Edited by James Gilberd.
Publisher: Photospace & Victoria University Press, 2008
Hardcover, 64 pgs, 240mm x 240mm,
RRP: $50.00
Signed copies available from Photospace Gallery.
Also available in good bookshops


Publications

  • New Zealand Photography Collected - Athol McCredie, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2015 - review by James Gilberd
  • 'Where the river bends' -group exhibition catalogue, curator: Harry Culy, University of Canterbury 2017
  • See What I Can See: New Zealand Photography for the Young and Curious - Gregory O'Brien, Auckland University Press 2015
  • Fiat Lux - 51 photographs by Andrew Ross - VUW / Photospace 2008, edited by James Gilberd - See books page 
  • Landfall #220 - Otago University Press, Nov. 2010 - portfolio of Southland photographs - info
  • Land Wars - Te Tuhi, Auckland, 2008
  • 14 New Zealand Photographers - PhotoForum #76, August 2008 (Editor John B. Turner) PhotoForum, Auckland
  • Water - editorial + images, NZCP Journal #62, 2006/7, pub. New Zealand Centre for Photography, Wellington - NZCP site (defunkt)
  • 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

Reviews

  • Shedding light on the overlooked - Mark Amery, Dominion Post, 16th October 2013
  • Shifting Perspectives - Mark Amery, October 2010 (Sarjeant Gallery exhibition)
  • Available Light (group exhibition) reviewed by Mark Amery
  • Book review of Fiat Lux - Andy Palmer in The Lumiere Reader
  • Eye Contact review by Peter Ireland, of I last saw you there
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Banner ad for I last saw you there - Wellington City Gallery, (Hirschfeld Gallery) 16 April-15 May 2011

Exhibitions

2019
  • Turn of a century - 12 photos in group exhibition, The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, till 9th Feb 2020
  • Significant sites in my home town (Masterton photos), Photospace
2017
  • Portrait of a House - Photospace Gallery, Wellington, 2 December 2017- 3 Feb 2018
  • Where the river bends group exhibition, cur. Harry Culy, Ilam Campus Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, April-May
2016
  • Recent photographs - Photospace Gallery, Wellington, 3 December 2016-28 Jan. 2017
2015
  • Mataura, Photospace Gallery, November 2015-January 2016
  • Ahu Ahu Ohu, Photospace Gallery, April-June
2014
  • A selection of somewhat recent photographs, Photospace Gallery, December
  • Mataura project, commissioned by the Mataura Historical Society, Southland
  • A selection photographs from 2008-2009, Photospace Gallery, January
2013
  • Whanganui, and other more recent photographs, Photospace Gallery, Wellington, Feb-Mar
  • Studios and other interiors, Photospace Gallery, October - Review in Dominion Post 16th October
  • Photos of Peter McLeavey Gallery - Photospace Gallery, Nov-Dec
  • Available light: imagining more than we see, McNamara Gallery Photography, Wanganui (group exhibition) - see review by Mark Amery

2012
  • Collecting Contemporary (group show) - Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, until June 2012 Andrew Ross at Te Papa
  • Local Knowledge (group show) The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, December 2011-April 2012 
  • Deep South - Photospace Gallery, Wellington, April
2011
  • Exhibition at The Hirschfeld Gallery, Wellington City Gallery, 50 photos curated by Abby Cunnane: I last saw you there - 16 May-15 June. See review in Wellington Scoop. Also listen to interview with Andrew Ross on Radio New Zealand
  • Southland 2010 Photographs, Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore -
    18th June-24th July (included in catalogue)
  • Muka Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland, 28th Oct-23rd Nov: American Holiday
    (with drawings by Deborah Barton)
  • Seaward Bush - Doomed Timber (group show), Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore - Sept-Oct
  • Thistle Hall, Wellington - Snapshot - a photographic exhibition celebrating Upper Cuba St with Ans Westra, Ryan McCauley, Caleb Smith, December - info
  • Photospace gallery - A few recent photographs (April)
  • Yallop & Smith Memorial Exhibition (group show) - A Gallery, Princes St Dunedin, October
2010
  • Exhibition at The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, of 72 photos from his 2009 residency: www.sarjeant.org.nz - (September-December) See review by Mark Amery
  • Photospace gallery - Recent photographs & Salon des Refusés (December)
  • Andrew spent much of the year in Southland, based in Invercargill
2009
  • Andrew Ross is the resident artist at Tylee Cottage, Whanganui, Feb-July
  • Photospace gallery - This is Mitchelltown (stock exhibition)
2008
  • Photospace gallery - Special Places
  • Book launch - Fiat Lux - the photography of Andrew Ross - Photospace, March Lumiere Reader review and 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)
  • Collecting Photographs - Shed 11, Wellington waterfront, July/Aug
    curated by Janet Bayly
2006
  • Photospace gallery - Tramping in New Zealand
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 
  • 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
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
  • Photospace gallery - More Wellington Views - 2000
  • Photospace gallery - Views Around Wellington - 1999
  • Photographs of Newtown - John St. Grill, Newtown, Wellington - 1998
'Turn of a Century' at the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, Sept 2019 to Feb 2020, Sarjeant gallery interior photos by Andrew Ross, Photospace Gallery Wellington New Zealand
Suite of Andrew Ross commissioned photographs in 'Turn of a Century' at the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, Sept 2019 to Feb 2020
'Where the river bends' photographs by Andrew Ross. Installation photo by Harry Culy.
'Where the river bends' photographs by Andrew Ross. Installation photo by Harry Culy.
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