Eunice Harriett Garlick

Eunice Harriett "Una" Garlick (15 February 1883–17 March 1951) was a New Zealand photographer, known for her pictorialism style--a movement stressing photography's role as art.[1] Her subject matter was mainly concerned with landscapes and Māori studies. Her most notable work is a series of portraits depicting Maori women.[2]

Eunice Harriett Garlick
Born15 February 1883
Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Died17 March 1951
Auckland, New Zealand
Other namesUna Garlick
OccupationPhotographer

Biography

Una Garlick was born in Mount Eden, Auckland in 1883 under the registered name of Harriett Eunice. Her parents, Richard Knight Garlick and Ellen Green, were both English-born and had ten children (Eunice was the seventh). Her father was a wealthy merchant, earning a living selling kauri-gum.  From 1895 to 1900 Garlick attended Wanganui Girls’ College and then proceeded to return home to her family. As a result of her family's social position, she and her two other unmarried sisters (Florence and Hilda) were never required to work to support themselves.[2]

Garlick created her first dark room at the original family home on Khyber Pass Road. Her first works consisted of recording personal events of friends and family members. As she gained experience, she took on small commissions and entered her work in exhibitions and competitions. Prize money and compensation for these small jobs were her sole earnings at the time. Most of her photographs followed the Pictorialist Movement, which led her to produce mostly landscapes, as well as some portrait series.[3]

As her photography work expanded, Una became increasingly active in photographic societies. She was the first women to be nominated as a member of the Auckland Photographic Society (then the Auckland Camera Club) and officially became its first female member in July 1921.[4] In 1926 Garlick won the Auckland Photographic Society Association Medal for the most competition points and she became a committee member in 1927.[5]

In that same year, she had one of her photographs selected for the Annual International Salon of Pictorial Photography in British Columbia, Canada and was one of three from New Zealand to have photographs in the International Exhibition of the London Salon of Photography.[4] In 1928, another photo was selected for the Salon International D'Art Photographique held in Paris in 1929. Around the same year, Garlick was made an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain.[6]

Garlick took tours of the North Island and subsequently developed a photo series of the Maori women she visited. One of these became her most notable work, 'Guide Georgina', and was selected for the American Annual of Photography in 1930.[5] In 1935, she spent time in England and was living there when World War II began.[6]

Una Garlick died of cancer on March 17, 1951 (age 68) at her home in Ormonde Road, Remuera, Auckland.[2]

Selected works
  • 1924-Pleasure craft welcoming the fleet, black-and-white photography, platinum process [7]  
  • 1927-Guide Georgina from Whakarewarewa, Rotorua,[4]
  • 1927-Portrait Study of Guide Georgina, Fine New Zealand Paintings[4]
  • 1930-Rangitoto, Auckland Harbour 1930, 10x7.5cm[4]
  • 1930-Portrait, Tauranga, 102x72mm, silver gelatin print[5]
  • 1930-Georgina (from Maori Character Study), 100x73 mm, silver gelatin print[5]

References
  1. Hostetler, Author: Lisa. "Pictorialism in America | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Garlick, Eunice Harriett". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. "Una Garlick". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. Photography, Early Canterbury. "Early New Zealand Photographers: GARLICK, Eunice Harriett". Early New Zealand Photographers. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. Graham-Stewart, Michael (2006). Out of Time: Maori & the Photographer 1860-1940. John Leech Gallery.
  6. Hunt, Jenny (1986). “Biography of and Catalogue of Photographic Prints by Una Garlick”. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Accessed March 3, 2018.
  7. Museum of New Zealand. “Pleasure Craft Welcoming the Fleet”. Accessed March 19, 2018.

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