George Valentine
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George D. Valentine was a Scottish New Zealand photographer.
The son of James Valentine (photographer)
, George had become one of Scotland's leading photographers. Serious ill-health and the need for a warmer climate saw George leave the family business in Scotland and emigrate to New Zealand with his family in 1884. He continued with his career of photography and produced a significant body of work.
In 1885 he photographed the famous Pink and White Terraces
and, after the destruction of the area by the Mount Tarawera
eruption in 1886, photographed the area again creating a definitive record of this natural disaster.
He produced many of what were to become the classic iconic images of early New Zealand including geyser studies in the Thermal region and studies of New Zealand bush and waterfalls.
George died in 1890 just six years after his arrival in New Zealand.
His work is represented in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
and the Auckland Art Gallery.
The son of James Valentine (photographer)
James Valentine (photographer)
James Valentine was a well-known photographer of Dundee, Scotland. Valentines of Dundee produced Scottish topographical views from the 1860s, and later became internationally famous as the producers of picture postcards.-History:...
, George had become one of Scotland's leading photographers. Serious ill-health and the need for a warmer climate saw George leave the family business in Scotland and emigrate to New Zealand with his family in 1884. He continued with his career of photography and produced a significant body of work.
In 1885 he photographed the famous Pink and White Terraces
Pink and White Terraces
The Pink and White Terraces, also called Otukapuarangi or Te Tarata in Māori, were a natural wonder of New Zealand...
and, after the destruction of the area by the Mount Tarawera
Mount Tarawera
Mount Tarawera is the volcano responsible for New Zealand's largest historic eruption. Located 24 kilometres southeast of Rotorua in the North Island, it consists of a series of rhyolitic lava domes that were fissured down the middle by an explosive basaltic eruption in 1886, which killed over...
eruption in 1886, photographed the area again creating a definitive record of this natural disaster.
He produced many of what were to become the classic iconic images of early New Zealand including geyser studies in the Thermal region and studies of New Zealand bush and waterfalls.
George died in 1890 just six years after his arrival in New Zealand.
His work is represented in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...
and the Auckland Art Gallery.