George D. Valentine was a Scottish photographer , who relocated to New Zealand due to his health , and documented much of the country at a time of great transition – his images of the Pink and White Terraces , taken in 1885 , show scenes of incredible beauty that were until recently thought destroyed less than a year later by 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera . An exhibition of his work was mounted by the Christchurch Art Gallery in 2004 , and continues to tour . However , in 2017 researchers rediscovered the Pink and White Terrace locations and rather than being destroyed , the terraces may prove to lie buried under 10 – 15m of volcanic ash
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
Photography in New Zealand