Views and Landscapes of New Zealand from the 19th Century
Ethnologisches Museum
organised by: Ethnologisches Museum in Zusammenarbeit mit der Botschaft von Neuseeland
Josiah Martin: Die 1886 zerstörte "White Terrace"
1886 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum
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The first photographs of New Zealand, taken around the midpoint of the 19th century, were initially sold to the new settlers who had just arrived from Europe. Thus the development of photography coincided with the birth of a new nation and with the subjection of the aboriginal population, the Maoris. Photography documented the discovery of the hinterland of the country, as well as playing an increasing part in the history of the Maoris. Among the important photographers who took landscape shots and also left records of the evolving world of the Maoris was Josiah Martin (1843-1916), who emigrated to New Zealand with his wife and daughter around 1865. In 1876 he visited the thermal springs of Tarawera. The famous 'white terraces' were destroyed in 1886 by an eruption of Mount Tarawera, but Martin had succeeded in capturing them on film just a few years earlier. Other photographs in the exhibition are the work of Burton Brothers, J. R. Morris and G. Wheeler and Son.
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Artist(s)
Josiah Martin, J.R. Morris, G. Wheeler and Son
Curator(s)
Dr. Markus Schindlbeck
Duration of the exhibition
21.11.2008 - 29.03.2009
Vernissage
20.11.2008, 19 h
Finissage
29.03.2009, 15 h
Opening times
Di-Fr 10-18 h, Sa-So 11-18 h
Location
Ethnologisches Museum
Arnimalle 27
14195 Berlin
T 0049 30 8301357
Public transport connections
U Dahlem Dorf;
Bus X11, X83
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