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A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa by Catherine Hammond, Shaun Higgins
65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
In 1848, two decades after a French inventor mixed daylight with a cocktail of chemicals to fix the view outside his window onto a metal plate, photography arrived in Aotearoa. How did these 'portraits in a machine' reveal Maori and Pakeha to themselves and to each other? Were the first photographs 'a g ...Show more
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys by Hammond Catherine
85.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Reading Level: near fine
A vivid and revealing book published alongside a landmark exhibition focused on one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists, Frances Hodgkins. Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, h ...Show more
Nature Boy - The Photography of Olaf Petersen by Catherine Hammond (Editor); Shaun Higgins (Editor); Andrew Clifford (Contribution by); Sandra Coney (Contribution by); Sarah Hillary (Contribution by); Kirstie Ross (Contribution by)
59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Photography | Reading Level: near fine
A gull chick running across Muriwai Beach. Cabbage trees at Lake Wainamu. Tyre tracks, tugs of war and tramping trips. Olaf Petersen produced an unrivalled photographic account of the people and natural world of Auckland's wild west coast. Nature Boy introduces readers to this remarkable photographer an ...Show more
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