Portrait of Hemi Pōmare: How We Uncovered the Oldest Surviving Photograph of a Māori
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By Elisa deCourcy and Martyn Jolly of the Australian National University It is little wonder the life of Hemi Pōmare has attracted the attention of writers and film makers. Kidnapped in the early 1840s, passed from person to person, displayed in London and ultimately abandoned, it is a story of indigenous survival and resilience for our times.
Portrait of Hemi Pōmare: How We Uncovered the Oldest Surviving Photograph of a Māori
Portrait of Hemi Pōmare: How We Uncovered the…
Portrait of Hemi Pōmare: How We Uncovered the Oldest Surviving Photograph of a Māori
By Elisa deCourcy and Martyn Jolly of the Australian National University It is little wonder the life of Hemi Pōmare has attracted the attention of writers and film makers. Kidnapped in the early 1840s, passed from person to person, displayed in London and ultimately abandoned, it is a story of indigenous survival and resilience for our times.