Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Date
1907, [ca 1947], 1970-2009
By
Thompson, Paul David, 1951-
Reference
PA-Group-00936
Description

Paul Thompson's photographs and papers. Chiefly 21 ring binders of Thompson's photographic archive of negatives, proof sheets, enlargements (mainly black and white), essays, correspondence, published articles, and ephemera, compiled between 1970 and 2009. Also 978 colour transparencies of New Zealand baches.

Also includes:

-Colour slides of Theo Schoon's signature taken circa 1947

-Photographic prints of Hardwicke Knight's house and garden in Dunedin taken in 1985

-Photographic prints of the remains of Maori sculpture group made for the New Zealand International Exhibition in Christchurch in 1906 taken in 1907 and 1995.

-Colour transparencies of Maori rock drawings and sites in the South Island taken in the 1980s

-Photographic collages from "Gallipoli [1985/1991]"

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Quantity: 21 ring binders, in slip covers, containing photographic negatives, prints, and papers. 980 colour original transparency/ies. 144 colour lantern slides. 17 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). 6 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour copy photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, lantern slides, and papers.

Provenance: From Paul Thompson, Wellington. Donations in 1989, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2006 and 2012. Purchases in 1986, 1989, and 2001.

Transfers: Transfers - To Ephemera: 12 photographic exhibition posters: Eph-C-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1981-1, Eph-D-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1988, Eph-E-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1998-01, Eph-C-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1980s-1, Eph-D-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1998/2000..

Access restrictions
Partly restricted material - Thompson's photographic archive of 21 ring binders are unprocessed. Please contact Photographic Archive curators for access.
Format
21 ring binders, in slip covers, containing photographic negatives, prints, and papers, 980 colour original transparency/ies, 144 colour lantern slides, 17 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s), 6 b&w original photographic print(s), 1 colour copy photographic print(s), Photographs, Photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, lantern slides, and papers.
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Photographs from "Gallipoli [1985/1991]"

Date: 1985-1991

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PAColl-7876

Description: Series of photographic collages of Gallipoli by Paul Thompson, housed in a military pouch within a wooden box, comprising material from Gallipoli and New Zealand from 1985-1991. Thompson originally took the photographs at Gallipoli in 1985. He compiled a series of collages comprising material from Gallipoli and New Zealand in colour and monochrome. He then re-photographed and cibachromed the work. The photographs were exhibited at the Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt, over Anzac weekend in 1988. They inspired poetry by Alan Loney and a series of 6 hand-made books were made in 1991, one of which is held in ATL Special Printed Collections. Quantity: 8 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cibachrome photographic collages 12.9 x 17.9 cm housed in a military pouch within a wooden box

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Photographs of Hardwicke Knight's house and garden, Broad Bay, Dunedin

Date: 1985

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PAColl-4765

Description: Views of Hardwicke Knight's house and garden at Broad Bay, Dunedin. Includes a portrait of Knight's wife Molly Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Maori rock drawings at Weka Pass and Craigmore

Date: 1985-1988

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-2388

Description: Maori rock drawings at Weka Pass, North Canterbury, and Craigmore, South Canterbury, photographed in the 1980s by Paul Thompson. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm dye coupler transparencies

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Baches at Tapu, Te Mata, and Waikawau, Coromandel peninsula

Date: [1984-1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-1351

Description: Baches at Tapu, Te Mata, and Waikawau, Coromandel peninsula. Photographs taken late 1984 or early 1985 by Paul Thompson. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies 35mm

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Baches at Taylor's Mistake and Boulder Bay, Banks Peninsula

Date: [ca 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-1322

Description: Baches at Taylor's Mistake and Boulder Bay on the Canterbury east coast, taken early 1985 by Paul Thompson Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies 35mm

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Baches at Greenpark Huts and Rakaia Huts

Date: [ca 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-1329

Description: Baches at Greenpark Huts on one of the shores of Lake Ellesmere, and at Rakaia Huts on the Rakaia River. Photographs taken early 1985 by Paul Thompson. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies 35mm

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Baches at Okarito and Lake Brunner

Date: [ca 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-1339

Description: Baches at Okarito and Lake Brunner. Photographs taken early 1985 by Paul Thompson. Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies 35mm

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Baches at Gore Bay, Taylor's Mistake, and Boulder Bay on the Canterbury east coast

Date: [ca 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-1320

Description: Baches at Gore Bay, Taylor's Mistake, and Boulder Bay on the Canterbury east coast, taken early 1985 by Paul Thompson Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies 35mm

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Photographs of remains of Maori sculpture group made for the New Zealand International ...

Date: 1907,1995

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

By: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935

Reference: PAColl-5009

Description: This plaster sculpture, designed and executed by James Ingram McDonald, was commissioned with the intention that it would occupy the centre of the entrance hall of the exhibition. Ultimatly it was relegated to the main corridor and instead the entrance hall featured a large onamental fountain. After the exhibition the sculpture was dismembered and ended up in a farm shed in South canterbury. The only surviving part of the group is a figure of a cloaked woman in the Waimate Museum Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). 2 colour copy photographic print(s).

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New Zealand baches

Date: [1984-1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-1333

Description: Photographs of New Zealand baches and cribs, taken 1984-1985 by Paul Thompson Quantity: 11 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies 35mm