Edith and George - photographs separated by a century

Edith Amituanai

Edith Amituanai: Antoinette with kids in our carpark 2017

Edith Amituanai: Roberto from the Mimiko Boys

Edith Amituanai: Treynar on bike 2015

Edith Amituanai: Emmanuel after school

Edith Amituanai: Christian at the Moveit Holiday Prog. 2013

George Crummer: Three unknown women circa 1910 Collection of the Museum of New Zealand

George Crummer: Young man ftrom Atiu circa 1914 Collection of the Museum of New Zealand

George Crummer: Portrait of unknown woman and child circa 1914 Collection of the Museum of New Zealand

George Crummer: Boy and his bicycle circa 1914 Collection of the Museum of New Zealand

A hundred years separate the portraits of Pacific communities taken by George Robson Crummer and Edith Amituanai.

Their work now hangs side by side at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, offering us the chance to compare and contrast their styles and their worlds.  George Crummer's work hasn't been exhibited before while Edith's work spans the past few years.

It's a huge year for Edith.  She's got a second exhibition opening in Wellington in a few weeks, a survey show covering her 16 years of work, and another opening in Canada of more recent photographs taken of family members in Las Vegas

Lynn Freeman visits Edith at the gallery during the installation of Edith and George: In our sea of islands.  The exhibition is currently showing at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington.