Speakers
Speaker Profiles
Back by demand, André Gallant is one the speakers at this year's convention.
André Gallant
André Gallant specializes in travel photography and works throughout the world. André is a regular contributor to Photo Life, and his work has been published in Canadian Living, Canadian Gardening, Canadian Geographic, Doctor’s Review, Elm Street, Gardening Life, enRoute, Our Canada, Outdoor photographer, and Vous.
He was the photographer for the illustrated books Winter, The Great Lakes and Seacoasts, all written by Pierre Berton. He has received several National Magazine awards. His clients include: Kodak, Tourism New Brunswick, Graphique de France. His work is licensed worldwide through Getty Images and Iconica. http://www.andregallant.com/
Graham Dainty
Graham Dainty has been photographing seriously for 21 years and now on a semi-professional basis. Living in Te Anau on edge of the Fiordland National Park, close to this large wilderness area has enriched his love of this Southern landscape. He considers himself to be a pure landscape photographer, but enjoys photographing all things from portraits to motor sport.
He has won the NZ Agfa / Listener photo competition and has since had a Honorable Mention in the Nikon International Photo competition, 4 Gold medals in the Photographic Society of New Zealand National exhibitions, 1st placing in the NZ photojournalism competition in 1999. In 2002 he was awarded an Associateship of the Photographic Society of NZ, then 2 years later in 2004 awarded a Fellowship.
He has had images published in ‘North & South’, ‘Islands’ (California), ‘Outdoor Recreation’ (Germany), ‘Adventure’, ‘New Zealand Endurance Runner’, ‘Wilderness’, ‘Australian Runners’ and ‘Homestyle’ magazine and has been a feature artist in ‘Lino’ magazine. http://www.photofiordland.co.nz
Barry Teutenberg
Barry Teutenberg is a long established Gisborne photographer having 34 years in the business. He has seen the industry go through some huge changes and has embraced each new development, getting the most from any new technology available.
Barry operates a studio which focuses mainly on people photography. He prefers to shoot mostly at locations that mean something to his client. This makes the necessity to work under all conditions more of a challenge. His style is relaxed with emphasis on his subjects feeling at ease and enjoying the experience. http://www.dunstankinge.co.nz/