Te Awa: Partington's Photographs of Whanganui Maori By William H.T. Partington.

Publisher: Random House, New Zealand, 2003, first edition.

Very good softback, some rubbing to covers, small blank white label to ffep otherwise excellent condition. 143 pages, photographs.

The reproduction of this collection of 19th century photographs of Maori by W.H.T. Partington is an important event, in both historical and photographic terms. Most of these photographs have never been exhibited before. These photographs were mostly taken in the Wanganui area at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. A large number of them are studio portraits but William Partington also travelled up the Whanganui River 'the Rhine of New Zealand' and photographed people in their own environments. They have now been bought by the Whanganui Regional Museum and will be exhibited there. Through these photographs, we are taken back through time, we see some of the detail of their lives and we can imagine their reactions to the photographer. The photographs document a people in transition. As well as this historical significance, the photographs stand as works of art.

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