The Herald’s Wynsley Wrigley looks at Lissa Mitchell’s gloriously illustrated publication entitled Through Shaded Glass — Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860 –1960.This article concentrates on the chapter about Gisborne photographers.

Gisborne was a town of less than 17,000 people in the 1930s but photography was booming with the public having more than 10 studios to choose from.

Lissa Mitchell’s research shows pre-World War 2 photography was not an all-