Bobbie Barwell: Capturing People and Places

Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum 329 West Street, Ashburton, New Zealand

Explore the life, career and photographs of one of Ashburton’s earliest female photographers, ‘Bobbie’ Barwell of Barwell Studios. A woman who was not confined by the social constructs of her time, Bobbie’s photographs capture life in Hakatere Ashburton and Te Waipounamu in the 1930s and 40s, with her passion for the outdoors shining through. Her…

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