George Bourne (8 September 1875 – 10 March 1924) was a New Zealand photographer who worked for the ''Auckland Weekly News'' for over twenty years. He was considered a pioneer of press photography. Bourne was also known for his work with

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portraiture and was the first European to be invited into the home of the Maori prophet

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in 1908. Bourne was an adventurous photographer and travelled extensively throughout New Zealand during his time with the ''Auckland Weekly News''. He photographed the

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region after the

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and in 1917 captured the eruption of the volcano

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. In 1909 his first montage for the Auckland Weekly News was published and in 1920 Bourne took photos of the Walsh Brothers Flying School, becoming one of the first in the Southern Hemisphere to experiment with aerial photography.

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Works by Bourne
held in the collection of

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. New Zealand photographers Artists from Whanganui New Zealand photojournalists 1875 births 1924 deaths People associated with the Auckland War Memorial Museum {{NewZealand-photographer-stub