The Herald’s Wynsley Wrigley looks at Lissa Mitchell’s gloriously illustrated publication entitled Through Shaded Glass — Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860 –1960.This article concentrates on the chapter about Gisborne photographers. Gisborne was a town of less than 17,000 people in the 1930s but photography was booming with the public having more than 10 studios to choos...
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THROUGH A FEMALE LENS
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Through Shaded Glass: Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860-1960 by Lissa Mitchell, published by Te Papa Press, is available now. The cover shows Auckland Domain’s Wintergarden in a photo taken by German Jew Lily Byttine, who had fled from the Nazis. During the war she was prohibited from using her camera outside of her home because of her status as an alien. Picture supplied by Te Papa Press
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