Leslie Adkin
farmer photographer
$56.00
- Hardcover
244 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2024
Summary
Leslie Adkin: A Lens on Early New Zealand
Leslie Adkin (1888-1964) was a Levin farmer, photographer, geologist, ethnologist, and explorer. A gifted amateur and renaissance man, he used photography to document his scholarly interests, farming activities, and family life. His much-loved and exceptionally beautiful photographs, taken between 1900 and the 1930s, are one of the highlights of Te Papa’s historical photography collection.
This book of 170 images, selected by Athol M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781991165503 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1991165501 |
| Author: | Athol McCredie |
| Publisher: | Te Papa Press |
| Imprint: | Te Papa Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 244 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.79kg |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 299mm x 359mm |
About The Author
Athol McCredie
Athol McCredie is Curator Photography at Te Papa, where he has worked since 2001. He has been involved with photography as a researcher, curator and photographer since the 1970s. His publications include Brian Brake: Lens on the world (editor, 2010), New Zealand Photography Collected (2015) and The New Photography: New Zealand’s first generation of documentary photographers (2019).
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