Canterbury Gallery
Photography by Corin Walker Bain
Canterbury is a region of extraordinary contrasts — from the pastel dawn light over Lyttelton Harbour to the hidden alpine lakes of the high country, the golden tussock plains stretching toward the Southern Alps, and the soaring peaks of Aoraki Mt Cook. On lucky nights, the Aurora Australis dances above the Hooker Glacier lake. On winter mornings, Glentanner Station disappears beneath fresh snow.
All Canterbury prints are proudly made in New Zealand and are available as gallery-quality acrylic facemount prints, satin ACM wall art, or classic photographic prints in sizes up to 1 metre by 2 metres. From the high country to the coast, there's a Canterbury print for every space — drop us a line and we'll help you find yours.
There are mountains and then there is Aoraki. At 3,724 metres, New Zealand's highest peak commands the landscape, rising from the Hooker Valley floor, flanked by the glaciated ranges of the Southern Alps. Sacred to Ngāi Tahu, who know this mountain as the ancestor from whom they descend, Aoraki carries a significance that goes far beyond its extraordinary height.
This is a print that earns its place on any wall. The scale and sheer presence of the mountain work beautifully in a bold interior, but would be equally at home in a light-filled living room, a hallway, or anywhere that deserves something genuinely monumental.
A perfect gift for the mountaineer, the tramper, the New Zealander who carries this mountain in their heart, or anyone who has wandered the path along the Hooker Valley and gazed up in wonder.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 2:3 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
20cm x 30cm prints will be sent flat in a reinforced envelope; photographic prints sized 45cm x 30cm and above will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
There is a moment, just before the sun drops behind the ranges, when Aoraki Mt Cook catches the last of the light. Everything else falls into shadow — the glacier, the moraine lake, the lesser peaks — while the summit holds that last glow.
This is a print of extraordinary drama and contrast — gold and blue, light and shadow, warmth and cold. It works beautifully in a bedroom, where the deep blue tones create something both bold and deeply restful. Equally stunning in a living room or any space that deserves something genuinely spectacular on the wall.
A perfect gift for the mountaineer, the Aoraki devotee, or anyone who has stood at the Hooker Glacier lake at dusk and watched the mountain in awe.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 2:3 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
20cm x 30cm prints will be sent flat in a reinforced envelope; photographic prints sized 45cm x 30cm and above will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
Capture the majesty of New Zealand's highest peak with this stunning panoramic photograph of Aoraki/Mt Cook. Snow-capped mountains stretch across the frame beneath a pale orange sky, creating a serene atmosphere that showcases the timeless beauty of the Southern Alps.
The soft glow illuminating the sky bathes the rugged peaks in warmth. This panoramic format makes it an ideal statement piece for wide wall spaces, bringing the grandeur of New Zealand's alpine landscape into your home or office.
This print would make a fabulous gift for mountain enthusiasts and lovers of New Zealand's natural beauty, minimalists drawn to a clean, elegant aesthetic and anyone who loved their time visiting Mt Cook National Park.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 3:1 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
Aurora — Hooker Lake, Aoraki Mount Cook
On lucky winter nights at Hooker Lake, the sky above Aoraki hosts the Aurora Australis. Rippling curtains of green and pink play above the snow-covered peaks, the Milky Way arching overhead, the lake below locked in sheets of ice.
This is a print that stops conversations. The colours, the scale, the sheer improbability of it — it works beautifully in a light, modern interior, or anywhere that deserves something genuinely once-in-a-lifetime on the wall.
A perfect gift for the stargazer, the aurora chaser, the Aoraki devotee, or anyone who wants something on their wall that reminds them the world is simply extraordinary.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 2:3 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
Lyttelton wakes slowly. This photograph catches the harbour town in that quiet window before the working day begins — the port cranes standing still against a sky of extraordinary pink and blue, the hills of Banks Peninsula rolling away into the distance, and the water of the harbour sitting flat and calm below. It's a side of Lyttelton that only the early risers know.
This print brings warmth and calm into any space. The soft pastel tones work beautifully in a bedroom, a living room, or anywhere that deserves a gentle but genuinely beautiful piece of New Zealand on the wall.
A wonderful gift for the Cantabrian, the Lyttelton local, or anyone who has stood on those hills at dawn and felt the particular magic of this place.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 2:3 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
Captured from above the clouds somewhere over the Southern Alps, this aerial photograph reveals the South Island's backbone in all its raw, untamed glory.
Snow-capped peaks break through a sea of cloud, ridge after ridge receding toward a horizon of pure blue.
This print would look stunning as a large format statement piece in a living room, hallway, or office — the cool blues and whites working beautifully in both modern and classic interiors.
It also makes a wonderful gift for anyone who loves the mountains, has flown over this landscape and never forgotten it, or simply wants a piece of New Zealand's wild heart on their wall.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in an 8 × 10 crop with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it your own.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
Milky Way over Aoraki — Hooker Valley
The sky takes over on the clearest nights in Mt Cook National Park. This photograph captures the Milky Way arching from horizon to horizon in a blaze of stars and galactic core, a green wash of Aurora Australis glowing at the base of the ranges, and the snow-covered peak of Aoraki reduced to an afterthought at the bottom of the frame. It is a reminder of how small the mountains are, and how vast everything else is.
This is a print unlike anything else on a wall. The scale and intensity of the night sky demand a large format — the bigger the better — and the deep greens and blues work beautifully in a dark, considered interior or against a white wall where the image becomes the entire focal point of the room.
A perfect gift for the stargazer, the adventurer, or anyone who has stood in the Hooker Valley on a clear winter night and felt the universe open up above them.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 2:3 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
In midwinter at Glentanner, the snow comes quietly overnight and transforms everything. This photograph captures one of those mornings — a narrow track disappearing into a landscape buried in fresh white snow, every branch and shrub laden, the air still and hushed. Shot in black and white, the image has the quality of a dream or a fairy tale, something timeless and completely removed from the noise of the world.
This panoramic print works beautifully on a long wall where the vanishing track draws the eye deep into the scene. The high contrast monochrome suits a bold interior — dark walls, strong furniture — but works equally well against white or neutral tones where it becomes the focal point of the room.
A great gift for anyone who loves the South Island in winter, knows the Mackenzie Country, or simply wants something on their wall that makes the world go quiet.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 3:1 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
The Aoraki Mackenzie region holds one of the darkest skies on earth — a Gold Level International Dark Sky Reserve, one of only a handful in the world. On a clear night, standing beneath these mountains, the Milky Way reveals its galactic core, thousands of stars filling a sky that most of us have never seen this clearly.
The depth, scale, and quiet enormity of this image works beautifully in a considered interior, but would stop people in their tracks in any space.
A perfect gift for the stargazer, the scientist, the dreamer, or anyone who has lain on their back in the Mackenzie Basin and watched the universe go about its business overhead.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 2:3 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
The Tasman Valley is one of those places that recalibrates. A vast glacial valley carved over millennia, it stretches from the terminal moraine of the Tasman Glacier toward the snow-covered peaks of the Southern Alps. This panoramic photograph captures that scale; tussock and scrub dusted with snow, a glacial boulder anchoring the foreground, and the valley drawing the eye deep into the mountains beyond.
This print works beautifully on a long wall where its sense of breadth and space creates something genuinely expansive. The warm earthy tones of the valley floor sit beautifully in a neutral interior — equally at home in a kitchen, a living room, or a hallway where it transforms the space entirely.
A great gift for anyone who has walked the Tasman Valley track, loves Aoraki in all its moods, or simply wants something on their wall that makes the world feel bigger.
This photograph from my Canterbury Open Edition images comes in a 3:1 aspect with three different finishing options. Please choose from the following selection to make it uniquely yours.
Acrylic Print
Perfect for any room where gallery quality is optimal, our Acrylic Prints are also ideal for bathrooms and wet areas.
Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional substrate using archival inks, and then mounted in-house on crystal clear acrylic for a back-lit appearance and unrivaled vibrancy.
Finally, it will be seamed with 4mm ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) for a modern frameless finish. A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
ACM Wall Art
Our ACM Wall Art prints are sleek and non-reflective. Your photograph will be printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Paper using archival inks and then mounted in-house on 4mm ACM.
A custom hanger is attached before the print is securely packaged and sent to you, ready to hang on your wall.
Photographic Print
Your selected photograph is printed in our boutique print studio on Kodak Professional Metallic Paper, using archival inks to ensure the best results. It is then carefully wrapped and sent to you in a reinforced card envelope or tube, ready to be framed.
Please note:
Panoramic photo prints will be sent rolled in a tube.
All prints will be sent tracked through New Zealand Post until their size limit of 1.5 metres has been reached.
We crate our largest prints to ensure their safe arrival and use Post Haste or Kiwi Oversize for delivery.
Prints will be created, finished, packed and sent within 3 weeks of ordering but can often be finished much sooner.
We can absolutely ship overseas from New Zealand, please enquire about postage.
All images are available for licensing. Please contact info@agreatbackyard.co.nz for more details.
