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Te Tuhi pre-visit lesson 3 Image: say cheese…

During this lessons we will be exploring… Cameras and History Image: Welcome Say to Cheese… Before we start, let’s recap what we learnt during our last lesson…

In our last lesson we learnt that “light…” can be used to project an image of the outside environment. This would later become known as the camera obscura, considered the first camera in the world. is needed for a camera obscura to work. Many artists use this to help create realistic drawings and paintings. travels in a straight line. We can see how this works through a camera obscura.

Let’s start this lesson by exploring “Cameras and History”. Image:

Image: Camera Obscura 1889 Eastman Kodak 1933 Exakta 1981 Mavica 2009 Panasonic Lumix GH1 Cameras have been around for more than 150 years.Over time cameras have changed in size, shape, material and colour.

As cameras developed and changed so did photographs. The first photographs taken were in black and white, later to become full colour photographs. Image: Cameras also became easier to use and much more affordable. This meant more people were using cameras, from professional photographers to young children

But what makes the “camera” so special?And how has technology such as a “camera” helped History?

Sometimes when we think of the past, we might imagine our parents or grandparents going to school when they were children. We might ask questions like… What did their school look like? Was it as big as our school? Pupils lined up outside the Otahuhu District School, ca School group attending the Agricultural and Pastoral show in Pukekohe during the 1920s How did they go to school? What kind of cars and buses did they travel in? Brand new school bus for a lucky school What did they wear? Did they wear school uniform? What kind of town did they live in? Was it as big as the town we live in now? Great South Road, Manurewa 1950s A “camera” is special because it can capture people and places from long ago. A camera can help us to see how people dressed and how places have changed overtime. Images: Imagine students from this school 50 years from now looking at photographs of the school and seeing how its changed.

Let’s take a look at some photographs of places in New Zealand and how they have changed over time. Image: Auckland Central Train Station 1930s Auckland Central Train Station (Britomart) years later…

Auckland Downtown 1919 Auckland Downtown years later… Image:

Nelson 1905 Nelson 2011 Image: years later…

Image: Christchurch Cathedral early 1900s Christchurch Cathedral 2008 Christchurch Cathedral years later… 3 years later…

Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far… As we have seen, cameras can help us reflect past histories through photographs…

Cameras… have been around for more than 150 years and were first developed from a camera obscura. were first used by scientists, artists and professional photographers. But are now used by almost anyone as cameras today are much easier to use. allow us to discover or remember what places looked like and how people lived or dressed. far? What we have learnt so

We hope you enjoyed learning about light, reflection, refraction, cameras and history. During our visit we will use this knowledge to explore the art we see and inspire the art we make.

We look forward to having you visit the gallery End of lesson