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THROUGH SHADED GLASS

WOMEN AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND 1860–1960 LISSA MITCHELL

Previous page. Joan Glanville-Clark, who worked as a colourist at Swainson’s Studios in New Plymouth, hand-coloured this photograph of herself in her debutante ball gown around 1947. Handcoloured gelatin silver print, Swainson’s Studios, New Plymouth. Puke Ariki (PHO2013-003).

Opposite. Wellington Camera Club member Daisy Tinney took this photograph of two of her friends at Day’s Bay around 192X.

Following page. Two women working in the Hope-Cross Studio workroom in Masterton some time between 1935 and 1940. Hope-Cross Studio, Masterton. Masterton District Archive.

For my mother, Laraine Batchelor (1947–2011)

Contents

INTRODUCTION / 8 CHAPTER 1 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS / 16 CHAPTER 2 IN BUSINESS / 44 CHAPTER 3

THE ART OF STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY / 90

CHAPTER 4 BEING MODERN / 138 CHAPTER 5 HOMEMADE / 202 CHAPTER 6

ON THE MOVE / 262 EPILOGUE / 332

WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS AND MAKERS 336 / GLOSSARY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TERMS 340 / BIBLIOGRAPHY 350 / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 354 / INDEX 358 /