Archive for the ‘Published Works’ Category
Mongolia Polo – In Chinggis Khan’s Ancient Capital
April 18th, 2011Late last summer I was afforded a wonderful opportunity to travel to Mongolia (again – I have a habit of ending up there) at the behest of the good folks at British Airway’s High Life magazine. Once there I teamed up with the amazing Justin Cartwright, who in addition to being an incredible author is also a terrific person to spend a week with in a ger (the circular Mongolian tent).
Nestled in a valley (I will let you read the article) near the ancient Mongolian capitol of Karakorum, Shanghai Tang decided to stage a polo cup – an event that culminated with a set of International players taking on the best Mongolian players. With predictable results. The Mongolians delivered a sound beating to the international cast that was assembled.
Mongolia is a magical land and if you ever have the opportunity (or make) to go there you must seize it. You can view the result of the collaboration here: Mongolia Polo – British Airways High Life – Andrew Rowat
I have also updated the travel section of my site, so you can browse through the images there: http://andrewrowat.com/travel/mongolia_polo-all.html
WSJ Outtakes – Philip Johnson’s Dumbarton Oaks Pavilion
April 17th, 2011A couple additional shots that didn’t run from the WSJ piece on Philip Johnson’s Dumbarton Oaks Pavilion in Washington DC.
Wall Street Journal Hong Kong Concierge
February 28th, 2011Take a look at an Insider’s Guide to Hong Kong from our good friends at the Wall Street Journal. You can link to the site itself: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703555804576102223598816108.html
The insider guide asks four connected and knowledgeable Hong Kong Cognoscenti to give readers the lowdown on their personal Zeitgeist. In this instance you get to experience Hong Kong through the eyes of Alain Ducasse, Alan Lo, Carol Lim, and Daniel Libeskind.
If you haven’t yet been to Hong Kong you need to go – there are direct flights from most major cities in the world and both the food and the frenetic pace are amazing. You can go from having the best dim sum of your life to water skiing around one of the many islands – all before night falls.
Go visit now!
You can also check the PDF out here: Wall Street Journal Hong Kong Concierge – Andrew Rowat
WSJ Magazine – Benesse Art Site, Japan
December 23rd, 2010In the Fall this year I had the opportunity to travel to Japan’s Seto Inland Sea to photograph a series of amazing museums and art installations that are part of the ‘Benesse Art Site’. Darryl Wee (the writer of the piece) describes it as follows:
“The Benesse Art Site, an archipelago of art-sprinkled Japanese islands, is billionaire businessman Soichiro Fukutake’s realized vision of an ecologically enlightened “slow life.” The head of an educational publishing company, Benesse Corporation, Fukutake started this remote haven for contemplating art framed by nature some 20 years ago. Accessible only by ferry, after a three-hour bullet-train ride from Tokyo, the cluster of islands just off the coast of Okayama is located far enough from the hyperactive density of Japanese cities to tune out the urban hum, allowing visitors to truly transport themselves as they walk, muse and view the growing collection of contemporary art and installations on a wide-open-spaces scale.”
You can check out the slideshow of images here:
http://magazine.wsj.com/places-things/the-fine-art-of-escape/tab/slideshow/
For me the highlight were all of the Tadao Ando-designed museums, including the Chichu Art Museum (地中美術館), which unfortunately I was not permitted to photograph. Next time!
One of his museums is the Benesse House Museum, here housing a work by Bruce Nauman: “100 Live and Die”.
Bruce Nauman's work, "100 Live and Die"
Ning Li – CEO & Founder of Made.com for Time Magazine
December 1st, 2010For the last three and a half months I was trapped in Asia. Well, trapped isn’t entirely accurate – the phone wouldn’t stop ringing so I kept changing my plane ticket back to New York.
One of the last shoots that I participated in when I was in Asia was a portrait of Made.com’s CEO Ning Li for Time magazine when Ning was in Shanghai. And that portrait hit stands last week (Nov 29 International Edition for those of you dashing out the door right now).
So I just wanted to share this portrait with you (and link to the full pdf here: Made.com CEO Ning Li)
Made.com uses crowdsourcing to design its furniture – soliciting designs from professional designers and then letting users vote for the best designs. Of those best designs a handful are then put into production. But I digress. I will let you read the article.
Ning Li, CEO of Made.com at his Shanghai offices on Tuesday Nov 09, 2010. Photographed for Time magazine by Andrew Rowat.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Robin Li Baidu CEO Profile
November 16th, 2010Out on newsstands this week you can check out this profile piece on Robin Li, the billionaire CEO of Baidu. Baidu is the reigning king of search in China and my images accompany Brad Stone & Bruce Einhorn’s story here:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_47/b4204060242597.htm
You can also download the PDF of the whole story here: Robin Li – Baidu – PDF
Baidu CEO Robin Li photographed by Andrew Rowat at Baidu World in Beijing, China.
Wall Street Journal Travel – Shanghai Insider
November 16th, 2010The Oct 23/24 2010 edition of the Wall Street Journal features some of my Shanghai images in the ‘Insider’s Guide’ written by friend and talented writer Andrew Yang. You can check it outline here: http://on.wsj.com/byL41d or see the full print layout as a PDF here: Wall Street Journal – Shanghai Insider PDF
Shanghai's Bund waterfront photographed by Andrew Rowat
Parli Italiano? Case de Abitare shoot in Singapore
October 1st, 2010In August I had the good fortune of trundling off to Singapore to shoot for one of Italy’s premier design magazines – Case De Abitare. Every so often they run a feature entitled ‘Grand Tour’ where they tackle a city from a travel & design point of view. So armed with a shoot list, camera, and contacts I set off to capture my interpretation of the city.
The issue hit stands today (Oct 1), but you can take a peek here with the PDF: Case de Abitare Singapore Grand Tour
UBC Trek Profile – My Alma Mater
August 22nd, 2010Recently I was contacted by my Alma Mater, the University of British Colombia (UBC) about being featured in their magazine, Trek, for the Summer 2010 issue. And so I was. You can take a look at the PDF here: Andrew Rowat Trek Summer 2010 Profile
Or go online to the UBC website itself: http://www.alumni.ubc.ca/trekmagazine/27-summer2010/rowat.php
Istanbul Portrait
June 22nd, 2010In the Fall I travelled to Istanbul to photograph the Dream Team for that city – a collection of four of Turkey’s foremost taste makers.
We decided to shoot them at İzzet Çapa’s (one of the four) club, Joke Perestroyka. Joining İzzet, were Mihda Koray (gallerist), Sefer Çağlar (interior & product designer with Autoban), and Müge Ersin (fashion designer).
They all knew each other, so it made my life very easy — getting them to have fun and interact was a cinch.
We shot in three different locations in the club, but having a great editor (this was for Conde Nast Traveler) meant that this particular frame was the keeper.
A good editor always makes your work look better. Thank goodness for that.
You can take a look at the end result here: Conde Nast Traveler – Word of Mouth – May 2010 – Istanbul Dream Team