Arno Gasteiger is a photographer. He is a main contributor to New Zealand Geographic magazine.

Life and career

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He was born in Austria and moved to New Zealand in 1988 to live and work.

He works as a freelance photographer specialising in location-photography for editorial and commercial clients. From his base in Auckland, he covers the South Pacific, New Zealand and Australia. Commercial clients include Fletcher Challenge, Mainzeal and Ports of Auckland.[citation needed] Arno's work is exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Germany. His most recent exhibition was on Tā moko (the art of Maori tattooing) and shown at the Auckland Museum.[citation needed]

Awards

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Gasteiger picked up several awards and assignments from international magazines, including Smithsonian, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Der Spiegel and GEO (Germany & France).[citation needed]

Books

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He is the author of five books. Central, a book on Otago, won the Spectrum Print Design Awards[1] and the illustrative category in the 2004 Montana Book Awards.[2]

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