An interesting comparison a century apart

[Dave Homewood]

This photo from the Te Papa website (which I have tweaked slightly to improve the clarity) is a genuine coloured photo of North Head taken from Mount Victoria, Devonport. The photo was taken by Robert Walrond in 1915 using the autochrome colour photography system.



And I took this photo on the 29th of September 2010. It's amazing how little the area has changed. Most of the buildings are the same, with a few extras now.

[hbpencil]

Really interesting stuff, especially when considering how much other areas have changed since then.
A few years ago a distant relative was up here from Wellington and a few of our family were invited to go with him to the War Memorial Museum to view his mother's artwork (mostly water-colours) which the museum holds in storage. She was an art student prior to WWI who painted many landscapes and it was fascinating to see how different some places looked then, like rows of Vicky Park Market-esqe factories and Rangitoto with no foliage.
Not related to NZ at all but for those interested in early colour photography there's the Prokudin-Gorsky Collection: www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?co=prok&st=slideshow