Posts tagged with photography

A woman stands among archival shelving lined with boxes of photographic prints while holding open a box and displaying a black and white print.

Te hokinga mai

By Jessica Moran
31 January 2024
The return to New Zealand of photos from the Fairfax Archive of newspaper prints.
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A man is smiling into the camera while his colleagues work in the background on arrangement and description.

Highlights of 2023 from the Turnbull Library’s Arrangement & Description team

By William Daymond
14 December 2023
A review of 2023 from the team who make our collections easier to find and use.
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A woman is seated behind a laptop at a small table wearing a colorful ei katu, flower crown.

Off the record | Pacific views — Inside and out

By Taputukura Raea
26 October 2023
Engaging with Pacific communities to help them connect with Library collections.
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Shows strike action with men walking in a procession carrying large signs and banners.

The eight-hour workday

By Louise Garrett
20 October 2023
Photography collections documenting New Zealand's labour history and the workers' rights movement.
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A man holds a huge cabbage that appears to have just been harvested.

Lettuce celebrate Vegetarian Awareness Month

By Fiona Oliver
12 October 2023
Collection inspiration documenting the many vegetable-related materials held by the Library.
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A colour studio portrait of a women's soccer team wearing blue uniforms in three rows, with the captain in middle row wearing white jersey and two male coaches seated at either end of the bottom row.

The beautiful game

By Kimberley Stephenson
17 August 2023
Documenting the rise of women's football in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Portrait of an older woman, she is wearing a chunky necklace and heart brooch.

Anna Jacoba (Ans) Westra (1936-2023)

By Paul Diamond
3 March 2023
Commemorating the life and legacy of one of New Zealand’s best-known photographers and documentarians.
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Victorian era black and white photo of a man sitting on a chair hugging a gun.

Encountering William Harding | I see red

By Eileen Tuhou
7 October 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of a Mr Cobb and his rifle.
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Victorian era back and white photo of a young girl sitting on a chair for a studio portrait.

Encountering William Harding | Moon daughter

By Florence Kitteridge
7 October 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of moon daughter.
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Victorian era black and white photo of a man lying in a bed looking at camera. He may be unwell.

Encountering William Harding | Bedside manner

By Amy Noble
7 October 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of an unidentified man.
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Victorian studio photo of a small family group, a man, a boy and a small girl sitting on the man's knee.

Encountering William Harding | Capped

By Blaze Thompson
30 September 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of the Burne family.
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Victorian era black and white photo of a man lying in a bed looking at camera. He may be unwell.

Encountering William Harding | Man, unidentified

By Salif Sidibe
30 September 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of an unidentified man.
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Victorian black and white photo of a young girl standing by a chair. Her hand is in front of her stomach.

Encountering William Harding | Small girl, big chair

By Erica Challis
30 September 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of an unidentified girl.
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Victorian era black and white photo of a man sitting on a chair hugging a gun.

Encountering William Harding | A town where everybody knows everybody 

By Louise Hammersley
23 September 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of Mr Cobb and his rifle.
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Victorian studio photo of a small family group, a man, a boy and a small girl sitting on the man's knee.

Encountering William Harding | A family portrait 

By Joseph Rozga
23 September 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of the Burne family.
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Victorian era black and white photo of a man lying in a bed looking at camera. He may be unwell.

Encountering William Harding | In sickness you see me

By Millie Romei
23 September 2022
Re-imagining a William Harding portrait of an unidentified man.
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Black and white Victorian-era studio photograph of a woman wearing a jacket with a sailor boy collar, a matching skirt, and a ruffled high-neck blouse. She has a Mona Lisa smile.

William Harding: An unconventional eye

By Fiona Oliver
17 August 2022
Includes thoughts on why there was no smiling in formal Victorian portraiture.
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Black and white photo of a man grey-haired and bearded man. He has kind eyes.

Off the record | William Harding, ‘photographist’

By Fiona Oliver
28 July 2022
The immediate and relatable portraits of William Harding.
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Bearded man wearing a hat holding a shotgun.

Photos of the West Coast by Damer Farrell

By Peter Ireland
22 July 2022
A unique perspective on the West Coast way of life.
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Photo of a man looking at a large statue of a Viking-style man leaning forward into the wind.

Going into raptures over stereographs

By Natalie Marshall
21 June 2022
Celebrating International Stereoscopy Day with a look at stereoscopic photographs in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
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