Author(s): Michael Graham-Stewart

NZ History

Crombie To Burton Early New Zealand Photography is a catalogue publication that beautifully illustrates the work of photographers in nineteenth century New Zealand. Researched and written by Michael Graham-Stewart and John Gow, this publication documents in imagery the colonial period of New Zealand's past and includes photographs such as the Wrigglesworth and Binns image of the 1883 Auckland touring team and a rare ambrotype by John Crombie of Tamati Waka Nene. Crombie To Burton Early New Zealand Photography accompanies John Leech Gallery's current exhibition Old Masters. This exhibition focuses on the main nineteenth century New Zealand photographers who traversed the country in difficult circumstances to document the landscape and the people within.