Thelma Kent | |
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![]() Self-portrait panning for gold in the
Arawhata River, Westland, 1939 | |
Born | Thelma Rene Kent 21 October 1899
Christchurch, New Zealand |
Died | 23 June 1946 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 46)
Known for | Photography |
Thelma Rene Kent (21 October 1899 – 23 June 1946) was a New Zealand photographer. [1]
Kent was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 21 October 1899. She attended Addington School and Christchurch Technical College. [1]
She traveled around New Zealand by car, horseback and foot to find photographic subjects. She had an affinity for the New Zealand landscape, with a particular interest in the South Island high country. Around 1937, Kent met the legendary Arawata Bill (William O’Leary) and took several photographs of him, which have been regularly reproduced. [1]
Her photographs and articles were published in the Auckland Weekly News, the New Zealand Railways Magazine, [2]the Australasian Photo-Review and in the British annual Photograms of the Year 1939. [1] [3]
From 1939 until 1941 she did a series of Saturday evening talks on Christchurch radio station 3YA on photography topics. [3]
Through experimentation, Kent became adept at microphotography. [1] In this field she did work for the organisations such as the Canterbury Museum, Cawthron Institute, and the Pathology Department at Christchurch Hospital. [3]
Kent never married and died at the age of 46 in Christchurch on 23 June 1946. [2]
Her collection of negatives and prints is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. [1] [3]
In 2017, Kent was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [4]
Thelma Kent | |
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![]() Self-portrait panning for gold in the
Arawhata River, Westland, 1939 | |
Born | Thelma Rene Kent 21 October 1899
Christchurch, New Zealand |
Died | 23 June 1946 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 46)
Known for | Photography |
Thelma Rene Kent (21 October 1899 – 23 June 1946) was a New Zealand photographer. [1]
Kent was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 21 October 1899. She attended Addington School and Christchurch Technical College. [1]
She traveled around New Zealand by car, horseback and foot to find photographic subjects. She had an affinity for the New Zealand landscape, with a particular interest in the South Island high country. Around 1937, Kent met the legendary Arawata Bill (William O’Leary) and took several photographs of him, which have been regularly reproduced. [1]
Her photographs and articles were published in the Auckland Weekly News, the New Zealand Railways Magazine, [2]the Australasian Photo-Review and in the British annual Photograms of the Year 1939. [1] [3]
From 1939 until 1941 she did a series of Saturday evening talks on Christchurch radio station 3YA on photography topics. [3]
Through experimentation, Kent became adept at microphotography. [1] In this field she did work for the organisations such as the Canterbury Museum, Cawthron Institute, and the Pathology Department at Christchurch Hospital. [3]
Kent never married and died at the age of 46 in Christchurch on 23 June 1946. [2]
Her collection of negatives and prints is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. [1] [3]
In 2017, Kent was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. [4]