Sue Berman visits the exhibition Charlie Dawes: Everybody's Artist Photographer and speaks with Principal Photograph Librarian and exhibition curator Keith Giles.
In this podcast Keith speaks of the work of Charlie Dawes and his passion for photography in the late 19th century. He shares his knowledge of Dawes' extraordinary capture of the social and political landscape of the people of the Hokianga and the use of glass plate exposed photography.
The exhibition includes large format prints, digital projection, ephemera from the Dawes family collection including Dawes camera and spare glass plates.
View collection online here:
kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…rt/ad/asc
Read more from Keith on Charlie Dawes in the Heritage et AL blog http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2019/05/charlie-dawes-everybodys-artist.html
Photo credit: Portraits in the exhibition, Sue Berman, 2019