Monday 29 June 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, (lower ground) National Library Wellington. Entrance on Aitken Street.
The National Library are hosting Auckland Museum’s Catherine Hammond on Monday, 29 June 2026 as part of the Founder Lecture series to share insights from her work with major photographic archives across Aotearoa.
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Research and memory in photographic archives
Catherine Hammond’s Founder Lecture will discuss the role and impact of photographic archives as complex repositories of memory and research.
Currently Director of Collections and Research at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Catherine has more than 20-years’ experience working with artists’ archives in major cultural institutions in Aotearoa.
She will discuss the recent book and touring exhibition, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa, and reflect on archives and meaning-making in examples ranging from Marti Friedlander to Frances Hodgkins, feminist photographic practice and whānau portraiture.
Explore A Different Light: First Photographs of Aoteaora
Light refreshments will follow the lecture.