Norah Carter Explained

Norah Carter
Birth Date:	15 April 1881
Birth Place:	New Zealand
Death Place:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Field:	Photography

Norah Carter (15 April 1881 – 8 February 1966) was a New Zealand photographer.^[1] Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.^[2]

Early life

Carter was born on 15 April 1881, to Anna Margaret Begg and Richard Carter, a customs inspector who was stationed in Napier at the time. She studied drawing and art at Wellington Technical School and in Melbourne, Australia.^[3]

Career

In 1907, Carter opened a studio in Christchurch, specialising in miniature painting and photography. In 1910, she moved to Gisborne, in the North Island of New Zealand, and opened a photographic studio there. She closed the business in 1919.

Carter died in Sydney, Australia, on 8 February 1966.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carter, Norah . 9 July 2016 . Ear;y New Zealand photographers and their successors . 22 September 2018.
2. Web site: Young girl smiling . Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . 22 September 2018.
3. Book: Mitchell, Lissa . Through shaded glass: women and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860-1960 . 2023 . Te Papa Press . 978-0-9951384-9-0 . Wellington, New Zealand . 85 . on1374563763.
4. Web site: Miss Norah Carter . Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . 22 September 2018.