how Māori embraced – and rejected – the colonial camera lens
- Written by: Angela Wanhalla, Professor of History, University of Otago
By the 1870s, photography was a ubiquitous presence in the colonial life of Aotearoa New Zealand. For Māori, however, it was also a colonising tool – part of the colonial practices of land alienation, war and propaganda that affected them so deeply.
This complex Māori engagement with photography features in A Different Light: First...
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