Emily Florence Cazneau

Emily Florence Cazneau (née Bentley, 14 May 1855 – 24 March 1892) was an Australian born New Zealand artist and professional photographer. Cazneau originally worked in Sydney at the Freeman Brothers photographic studio as a colourist and miniature painter. She moved to Wellington in the early 1870s, establishing a professional photographic studio with her husband.

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"I am interested in the material legacy of photographs by early woman photographers in New Zealand museums and archives (or the lack thereof), and the question of how to rethink curatorial concerns that have been formed by histories that have excluded, not only work relating to New Zealand, but the work of women."

- Emily Florence Cazneau

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"Traditional historical methods that could be applied to a history of women and photography related to New Zealand are unsuitable and unrealistic tools to analyse types of photographs women tended to make and the circumstances of their production."

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"Mitchell, Lissa (November 2015). "Recovering Pieces: Finding an early history of women and photography in New Zealand". Love Feminists. Retrieved 12 April 2025."

- Emily Florence Cazneau

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"An art historical approach is too concerned with artistic genius, oeuvres, innovation and technical excellence."

- Emily Florence Cazneau

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