The Glass Archive
By: photographs by Wayne Barrar
Contributors: Wilder, Kelley E. (Kelley Elizabeth), 1971- writer of added commentary; Forrester Gallery (Oamaru, N.Z.)
Publisher: Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
ISBN-13: 9780473362836
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Exhibitions; Photography; Diatoms
Description: "The exhibition - Beneath an Ancient Sea: Oamaru and the Glass Archive - explores the story of diatomite visually. Forrester Gallery Director Jane Macknight says: "Victorian era Scientists and enthusiasts would extract the microscopic fossils found in the diatomite and display them in exquisite arrangements on glass slides. Viewed under a microscope these tiny fossils reveal an extraordinary hidden world". Internationally renowned NZ Photographer Wayne Barrar has created this exhibition which consists of a selection of 40 photographic prints: large format colour prints and traditional Victorian-era handmade albumen prints. The photographs represent a selection of images from Museum diatomite collections around the world, many of which came from Oamaru."--Publisher description.
Notes: "This publication is published to coincide with the exhibition "From an ancient sea: Oamaru and the Glass Archive, held at the Forrester Gallery in Oamaru (9 July-4 September 2016)
Table of contents: title: Fields of vision : photographing the glass record / essay by Kelley Wilder; title: The glass archive / essay by Wayne Barrar.