Alan Knowles is a Queenstown-born photographer now based in Wellington, New Zealand. His documentary work has been published in most major New Zealand newspapers and magazines and numerous books. He was the organiser of Wellington´s fotofest 98 fringe representing independent photographers. His work is held in many private collections; and he is represented by Photospace Gallery and Idiom Studio in Wellington and the McNamara Gallery in Wanganui. Services offered include black & white and colour 35 mm and medium format film stills and digital imagery. Having trained and worked as a print journalist and feature writer for 20 years Alan Knowles offers copywriting as an adjunct to his photography. Areas of specialty - aircraft and aviation, electricity generation, roading, engineering, research, laboratory work, wine industry, tourism, bridges, aerials, mineral exploration, forestry, alpinism, mountaineering, skiing (downhill and touring), fly fishing, yachting, dance, portraiture, and abstract images.