Description: 1. Alexander James Booth, Margaret Elizabeth (Adlington) Booth and baby Elsie Mary Booth. Miss E.M. Booth as child. George Gregory cabinet card, 1895

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: 1. Alexander James Booth, Margaret Elizabeth (Adlington) Booth and baby Elsie Mary Booth. Miss E.M. Booth as child. George Gregory cabinet card, 1895

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Rev John Hobbs.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Head and shoulders portrait of Rev John Hobbs.

Description: Poster for 'Moko', an exhibition of portrait photographs from the 1860s, of Maori with tattoos, from the Alexander Turnbull Library Collection. Curated by Elizabeth Ellis, at Real Pictures Gallery, 5 City Road, Auckland. May 14-25, 1990. Reproduction of a Maori woman with moko.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Poster for 'Moko', an exhibition of portrait photographs from the 1860s, of Maori with tattoos, from the Alexander Turnbull Library Collection. Curated by Elizabeth Ellis, at…

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in studio setting. The man has dark hair and full dark beard. He is wearing a dark suit with a wide tie. The photograph is an oval set on a cream rectangular shaped piece of photographic paper. Mount card is cream with purple photographers logo.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in studio setting. The man has dark hair and full dark beard. He is wearing a dark suit with a wide tie. The photograph is an oval set on…

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man with full mutton shop side burns and a buttoned up, collarless jacket. The mount is a beige Carte de Visite.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Head and shoulders portrait of a man with full mutton shop side burns and a buttoned up, collarless jacket. The mount is a beige Carte de Visite.

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in studio setting. Older gentleman wearing a three piece suit and a thin bowtie. He has a hard side part in his hair and a full beard. The mount card is cream with a gold border and red photographers information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in studio setting. Older gentleman wearing a three piece suit and a thin bowtie. He has a hard side part in his hair and a full beard. The…

Description: Older man with a grey beard in head and shoulders studio portrait. He is wearing a grey wool suit with a silk tie. The photograph is an oval set on a cream rectangular shaped print. The mount card is cream with a dark brown border and red photographers logo. Verso is pink.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Older man with a grey beard in head and shoulders studio portrait. He is wearing a grey wool suit with a silk tie. The photograph is an oval set on a cream rectangular shaped…

Description: Standing studio portrait of a man in a kilt holding a rifle. The back drop is a plain wall. The mount card is beige card.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Standing studio portrait of a man in a kilt holding a rifle. The back drop is a plain wall. The mount card is beige card.

Description: Two women in studio portrait. One standing and one sitting on a chair. They are both wearing white with dark detailing. The seated woman is wearing a hat and is pictured in profile. There is a table with books behind them. The mount card is plain cardboard.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Two women in studio portrait. One standing and one sitting on a chair. They are both wearing white with dark detailing. The seated woman is wearing a hat and is pictured in…

Description: Two young women in posed studio portrait, one seated on a chair and the other on the ground leaning against her knee. They are most likely sisters with the older woman seated in front of a table which holds an open album of photographs. The back drop is plain other than a curtain on the left side behind the table. The mount card is yellow with a black line border.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Two young women in posed studio portrait, one seated on a chair and the other on the ground leaning against her knee. They are most likely sisters with the older woman seated…

Description: Young man in suit in full body studio portrait. He is leaning his hand on a small table which is decorated with books. He is possibly of Indian heritage, wearing a striped tie and a watch chain. There is a painted back drop on part of the wall behind him and patterned wall/floor runner. The mount is cream with stamped photographers information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Young man in suit in full body studio portrait. He is leaning his hand on a small table which is decorated with books. He is possibly of Indian heritage, wearing a striped tie…

Description: Very small cabinet card, smaller than a CDV. Portrait of a young boy approx. 2 years old sitting on a box covered with a sheepskin. He is wearing a dress with a sailor style neckline and long sleeves, black socks and leather shoes. The mount is black with gold type for photographers information and edging.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Very small cabinet card, smaller than a CDV. Portrait of a young boy approx. 2 years old sitting on a box covered with a sheepskin. He is wearing a dress with a sailor style…

Description: Portrait of a man wearing a long coat in a studio setting. He is standing with one arm resting on the back of a wood and velvet chair and his leg crossed. Beside him is a small table which a top hat has been placed on. The back drop is of windows and foliage. The mount is a beige Carte de Visite.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Portrait of a man wearing a long coat in a studio setting. He is standing with one arm resting on the back of a wood and velvet chair and his leg crossed. Beside him is a…

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in studio setting. He is wearing a satin like fabric suit with matching tie and tie pin. His hair has a hard part on one side and he has a full beard. The photograph is an oval set on a cream shaped rectangular piece of photographic paper. Mount card is cream with a blue line border.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in studio setting. He is wearing a satin like fabric suit with matching tie and tie pin. His hair has a hard part on one side and he has a…

Description: Young girl in a sailor style outfit, sitting on a swing in a studio posed portrait, There is a backdrop of a wooded area and grass/branches on the ground at her feet. The mount board is black with gold writing and edges.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Young girl in a sailor style outfit, sitting on a swing in a studio posed portrait, There is a backdrop of a wooded area and grass/branches on the ground at her feet. The…

Description: Studio portrait of a man in dark coat and light trousers, seated beside a small table. He is holding an umbrella in one had with his elbow resting on the side table. His top hat is on the table beside him. The back drop is a plain wall with one curtain on the right side. The mount is a beige Carte de Visite.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Studio portrait of a man in dark coat and light trousers, seated beside a small table. He is holding an umbrella in one had with his elbow resting on the side table. His top…

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in a dark suit with a light shirt. He may be in his early 20's but has a full beard and short waxed hair in a side parting.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Head and shoulders portrait of a man in a dark suit with a light shirt. He may be in his early 20's but has a full beard and short waxed hair in a side parting.

Description: Studio portrait of a young woman wearing a white dress with dark designs on the cuffs. She is seated on a wooden chair, leaning one arm on a small table which has a vase of flowers and holding a fan in the other hand. The mount card is cream with red line border and photographers information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Studio portrait of a young woman wearing a white dress with dark designs on the cuffs. She is seated on a wooden chair, leaning one arm on a small table which has a vase of…

Description: In 1848, two decades after a French inventor mixed daylight with a cocktail of chemicals to fix the view outside his window onto a metal plate, photography arrived in Aotearoa. How did these ‘portraits in a machine’ reveal Māori and Pākehā to themselves and to each other? Were the first photographs ‘a good likeness’ or were they tricksters? What stories do they capture of the changing landscape of Aotearoa? From horses laden with mammoth photographic plates in the 1870s to the arrival of the Kodak in the late 1880s, New Zealand’s first photographs reveal Kīngi and governors, geysers and slums, battles and parties. They freeze faces in formal studio portraits and stumble into the intimacy of backyards, gardens and homes. A Different Light brings together the extraordinary and extensive photographic collections of three major research libraries – Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, Alexander Turnbull Library and Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena – to coincide with a touring exhibition of some of the earliest known photographs of Aotearoa. Māu he kāmera! Māu he kāmera! Mā tātou he kāmera!

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: In 1848, two decades after a French inventor mixed daylight with a cocktail of chemicals to fix the view outside his window onto a metal plate, photography arrived in…

Description: Studio portrait of a man wearing a dark three piece suit with a white shirt and small ribbon style bowtie. The backdrop is plain and he is viewed from the waist up. He has a full beard with receeding hairline combed and waxed back off his face. The mount is light orange with red line border and photographers information.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Studio portrait of a man wearing a dark three piece suit with a white shirt and small ribbon style bowtie. The backdrop is plain and he is viewed from the waist up. He has a…