Pioneer Photographs

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Agree / Disagree
Statement	Agree/ Disagree	Page	Explanation and Evidence
Alfred Burton is a famous photographer from New Zealand.	Disagree	2	“Alfred Burton came to New Zealand from England.”
Alfred likened his photography skills to that of a Hunter.	Agree	2	“Burt thought of himself as a hunter, going into wild places.”
Alfred used to keep the film in his back pocket while taking photos.	Disagree	3	“Photographs were not taken on small roles of film, but on big sheets of glass, called “Plates”.”
In some areas Alfred needed to ride a horse, or even carry his equipment on his back.	Agree	4	“Sometimes he travelled with a dark van, specially built for him by a coach builder in dunedin. Sometimes he rode a horse, with his equipment loaded on a packhorse. When the tracks were not good enough for horses, he had to carry everything on his back, in a special pack.”
Alfred would usually go away on expeditions taking about 3 months.	Disagree	4	“On a expedition lasting three weeks, and allowing only twenty photographs a day, the photographer would need to carry 420 sheets of glass.”
Crossing rivers was a tricky thing for Alfred to do with all his equipment.	Agree	5	“On one of his earliest trips, he was crossing a river, with a packhorse carrying his photographs and equipment. The horse stumbled in the swirling water, and when alfred got to the other side, he found that all his processed photographs were wet.”

Questions	Answer here. Use evidence from the text.
Explain why you think Alfred wanted to take photos of New Zealand scenery.	“He soon became excited by the beauty of New Zealand’s mountains and lakes and bush and rivers. He wanted to take photographs of them for everyone to see.”
Do you think this would have been a frustrating job?	“It was very hard for a photographer to travel around with his camera in those days.”

Reflect
How much easier is for photographers nowadays and why? Please explain what you mean.	The reason it is easier nowadays is because all you have to do is get out your camera, click a button, and you have a picture. Back then you had to get your camera, put a hole lot of stuff on the camera, then have to carry the pictures around without them getting wet.

Task Description

In this task I answer questions to the story Pioneer Photographs.