Waterfalls - Zimbabwe

Date: 1985-1986

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10286

Description: Contains photographs relating to Catley's trips to India and Africa, and the United Nations Decade for Women conference in Kenya. Some images were probably taken by Catley, others by unknown photographers, ca.1985-1986. Seven b&w images relate to the Tirthraj Milan religious gathering in Allahabad, India (1986), including conference delegates seated en masse outside and shots of religious leader Pandurang Athavale. Also images showing rural and village scenes in India, including meals being eaten and people seated beneath trees. Other images show Somnath Temple on the shoreline at Veraval. Some photographs feature Catley. Most images are double-exposed. Another set of photographs were taken at the 1985 United Nations Decade for Women conference in Nairobi, Kenya, and show groups of women of different nationalities holding meetings, socialising and dining. Individual woman who feature include Ann Hercus, Sonja Davies, Helen Clark and Christine Cole Catley. Also images taken in South Africa, including: domestic scenes of people Catley was visting, with them eating together and talking; scenic views of the Cape of Good Hope and Table Mountain; townships; and school children. Also images taken in Zimbabwe, including: rural scenes with traditional houses or huts; Catley and male friend visiting the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls; and Catley beside the statue of explorer David Livingstone on the Zimbabwe side of the Falls. Also photographs of Catley and her friend looking at rock paintings at an unidentified location. Quantity: 135 colour original photographic print(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints