Wildbore – A Photographic Legacy

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ISBN: 9780473444136
Title: Wildbore – A Photographic Legacy
Author: KNIGHT CATHERINE

\”Wildbore: A photographic legacy\” explores the world of Charles E. Wildbore through his photographs. In the 1890s, Wildbore became a pioneering settler of the newly opened Pohangina Valley in the Manawatu region, where he established a small farm and apiary, and, with his wife Jane, raised a large family. But it is for his photographic endeavours that he is best remembered. Through his expertly composed photographs, Wildbore captured the unprecedented environmental change that, by the beginning of the last century, had transformed a densely forested valley into farms and orderly settlements. Wildbore’s photographic legacy enables us to visualise the forests that have been almost entirely extinguished from the lowlands of the Manawatu region and, indeed, throughout New Zealand. More than that, it allows us to imagine a future where forests and wetlands are restored – to coalesce with landscapes of human endeavour.

Format: Paperback
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