Montana New Zealand Book Awards - Illustrative - 2006 finalists

The Award went to Contemporary New Zealand Photographers Edited by Hannah Holm & Lara Strongman (Mountain View Publishing

Contemporary New Zealand Photographers Edited by Hannah Holm & Lara Strongman (Mountain View Publishing) Winner
This major survey of recent New Zealand art photography celebrates the work of 20 of our most significant practising photographers. An important collection of images is supported by commentary and interviews which reflect a wide diversity of approaches.
(description from Booksellers New Zealand)

Faithfully Mozart: The Fantastical World of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Donovan Bixley (Hodder)
The myths surrounding Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer of some of the world's most sublime music, have long ago overtaken the known facts of his life. Now, in this charming and very personal tribute, Faithfully Mozart : the fantastical world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , artist Donovan Bixley offers a portrait of the composer that will provide a new and unique perspective on the great composer's life. Mozart and his world are brought to vivid life in nearly 100 original drawings and paintings, over 50 of them in full colour. The accompanying text is based on the many letters Mozart wrote during his life, beginning with the delightful, if misspelt, letters he wrote as a thirteen-year-old boy travelling in Italy with his father.

Jeffrey Harris Justin Paton (Victoria University Press / Dunedin Public Art Gallery)
Published in association with the Dunedin Public Art Gallery for their major Jeffrey Harris retrospective, this lavishly illustrated book confirms Jeffrey Harriss place in the front rank of living New Zealand painters.

This book is a unique journey through the extraordinary career of Dunedin painter Jeffrey Harris. It, and the exhibition it accompanies, highlight major themes and charged episodes from Harriss three decades of art-making, reaching from razor-sharp etchings to jewel-like 'icons', from sumptuous triptychs to a group of unflinching recent self-portraits.
(description from Victoria University Press)