A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
Curated by Shaun Higgins, Anna Petersen and Natalie Marshall - A collaboration between Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Alexander Turnbull Library and Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
31 January – 15 June 2025
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
William S. W. Roberts, At Catlins, c. 1893, platinum print mounted on album page, 253 × 178 mm, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago, P2008-066-034.
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Josiah Martin, Waikiti. Whakarewarewa, c. 1880s, albumen silver print, 200 × 151 mm, Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, PH-1930-166-12.
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
William M. Hodgkins, Mere Te Kaehe Karetai, 1893, gelatin silver print mounted on album page, 95 × 71 mm, Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago, P2008-066-016c.
Installation view, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2025. Photo: Ted Whitaker.