Dept of Ideas: How Wet-Plate Photography Erased Maori Tradition
Aukland, New Zealand-based photographer Michael Bradley made a discovery while doing research at the Aukland Museum: He found that the wet plate process used by European colonizers to photograph indigenous peoples erased their tradition tattooing, called t moko. “The mix of chemicals used did not pick up the ink …
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