Hand-Coloured New Zealand
Hand-Coloured New Zealand

Author: Peter Alsop

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780947503154

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Every single photo coloured by hand? Using cotton wool? Yes, such was the era of hand-coloured photography - a painting and photograph in one - the way you got a high-quality colour photo before colour photography became mainstream. Some of New Zealand's best hand-coloured photos were produced by Whites Aviation from 1945. For over 40 years, the glorious scenic vistas were a sensation, adorning offices and lounges around the land; patriotic statements within New Zealand's emerging visual arts. Now, despite massive changes in society and photography, the stunning scenes and subtle tones still enchant, as coveted collectibles; decorations on screen; and as respected pieces of photographic art. But, until now, the inspirational story has not been told; nor have the full stories of Leo White (company founder); Clyde Stewart (chief photographer and head of colouring); and the mission-critical 'colouring girls'. Hand-Coloured New Zealand presents New Zealand's first published collection of hand-coloured photography and reveals the full Whites Aviation story for the first time. Nothing, it seems, can change the appeal of an alluring hand-made craft.

Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Author: Hugh Robertson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2001-01-11

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9780198508311

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This beautifully illustrated handguide, provides a comprehensive guide to the birds of New Zealand . Robertson and Heather include detailed information on identification, habitat and location

Arts and Crafts Movement in New Zealand, 1870-1940
Arts and Crafts Movement in New Zealand, 1870-1940

Author: Ann Calhoun

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1869402294

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"Reveals ... the exquisite work and extraordinary skill of a group of New Zealand artists, most of them women, working in a wide variety of art and craft forms ... This flowering of local talent ... originated in the British Arts and Crafts movement and is associated with the growth of art education in this country: its quiet but dedicated character also suggests much about the situation of women in the years before and after 1900"--Jacket.

The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand

Author: Barrie D. Heather

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780143570929

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'You can put your hand on this book and swear by it, because it's the bible. Every bird of town, bush, swamp, island, beach, river and the sea is here - accurately, intricately, and beautifully observed.

Scenic Playground
Scenic Playground

Author: Peter Alsop

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780994146021

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A MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND'S MOUNTAIN TOURISM INDUSTRY This lavish book explores the story behind the promotion of New Zealand's mountains -- through posters, advertisements, hand-coloured photos and more. It explains how the country built its reputation as an alpine playground and, alongside, how mountains became central to belonging to Aotearoa.

The Penguin History of New Zealand
The Penguin History of New Zealand

Author: Michael King

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 1459623754

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New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.

Country of Writing
Country of Writing

Author: Dr. Lydia Wevers

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1775580539

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This pioneering examination of travel writing about New Zealand in the colonial period discusses a wide range of writing that helped place New Zealand on the literary map, while providing an oblique history of the young nation in the 19th century. Exploring early newspaper accounts; the journals of missionaries, traders, and adventurers; and the guidebooks and specialized descriptions of fishing, and hunting, which promoted New Zealand as a sporting paradise, Wevers finds that writing about New Zealand was an essential tool in the colonization process.