The decision was not taken lightly and came after much deliberation and many hours ‘drool over cameras in their windows’. Later, as a teenager, he spent the equivalent of four weeks of his delivery boy wages on a Kodak Six-20 folding camera at Kodak’s Lambton Quay store. Gift of William and Jill Main, 2014, Te Papa (O.042721)īill’s first camera was a bakelite Brownie given to him by his parents. George C R Ward, Waterfront, 1950s–1960s, Wellington. This was a big year for the club when they swept the awards in the Bledisloe Cup interclub competition due to the strong work exhibited by Spencer Digby, Geoff Perry, George Ward and Farmer McDonald – all photographers whose work Bill would go on to collect in later life. His first serious introduction to the medium came in 1947 when, at the age of 13, he saw an exhibition by the Wellington Camera Club in the foyer of the Majestic Theatre on Willis Street.
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The Main household had a regular influx of picture magazines like the Auckland Weekly News and NZ Free Lance and international issues of the Picture Post, Daily Mirror, Life and Lilliput, which primed the young Bill for an interest in photography. Photo courtesy of John B Turner ‘Bitten by the bug’īill grew up in the Wellington suburb of Newtown with his adoptive parents William and Mary Main. William Main, photographed by John B Turner, about 1985, at Exposures Gallery, Ghuznee Street, Wellington, black and white photograph, gelatin silver print.
Here Curator Historical Photography Lissa Mitchell reflects on some aspects of his career, and Geoffrey Batchen and John B Turner share their thoughts on the loss of Bill. New Zealand photography historian William (Bill) Main passed away in March at age 88.
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