Monday, May 13, 2019

The Photographic Technique That Erased a Māori Tradition

A project by New-Zealand photographer Michael Bradley revisits the near-obsolete technique of wet plate photography and shows how the medium erased Indigenous culture in New Zealand.

Michael Bradley’s photograph of Gary Shane Te Ruki as part of his Puaki series

The project is titled Puaki, which means “to come forth, show itself, open out, emerge, reveal, to give testimony” in the Māori language.

More: Hyperallergic

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