Arno Gasteiger

Arno Gasteiger was born in Austria and moved to New Zealand in 1988 to live and work. He established himself quickly as the main contributor of New Zealand Geographic magazine. In over 70 assignments he had the opportunity to explore and photograph this country.

Arno’s passion for photography earned him several major awards and assignments from international magazines, including Smithsonian, Marie Claire, New York Times, Spiegel and GEO (Germany & France). Commercial clients include Fletcher Challenge, Mainzeal and Ports Of Auckland.

Arno's work is exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Germany. His most recent exhibition was on Ta Moko (the art of Maori tattooing) and shown at the Auckland Museum.

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

Arno Gasteiger 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.