Look Out wins Best NZ Mountain Book of the Year!: Craig Potton Gallery + Store
We are delighted to announce that Craig Potton & Euan Macleod’s stunning book Look Out has won the NZ Mountain Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Dave Hansford for his Mountain and Adventure Heritage Award for Kahurangi, published by Potton & Burton Publishing.
“For me, it is very special and poignant that this generous prize has been established as part of the wonderful legacy my friend Nank bequeathed to our mountaineering community,” says Craig.
“When first heading to the Southern Alps I was inspired by Nank and Dave Bamford’s forays on the western side of the central Southern Alps when they were pushing up great original lines. In those days, it was the epitome of wilderness climbing. Nank became a friend, opening my book launch and exhibition on my Nepal book and during my tenure on the Conservation Authority when he was serving on the Tongariro National Parks Board. We frequently talked conservation issues. He knew the Conservation Act inside out and had such a big heart for the places and people we were trying to protect …. a most likeable humorous and generous man … To have won this award in honour of Nank’s legacy is a highlight in my publishing path.”
Our head judge, Allan Uren, explains, “Everybody always says it is difficult to pick a winner from such a high calibre of books and that is true of this year’s collection. It’s unfortunate that a prize can’t be given to all the authors for the amount of passion and work that obviously goes into each, and every book judged. But it makes your spirit soar to know that there is such high standard of book being produced and the festival is there to give them wings.”
Order your copy of Look Out today (Freepost within NZ!)
As well as the stunning book we also have artworks available from the gallery by Euan Macleod and Craig Potton which were inspired by their trips to the Southern Alps and culminated in the Look Out book launch and exhibition here at Craig Potton Gallery in 2024.
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