Object: Milford Sound, Fiordland. Taken for ‘New Zealand, gift of the sea’ (1963)
Title / object name  Milford Sound, Fiordland. Taken for ‘New Zealand, gift of the sea’ (1963)
Maker  Role  Date  
Brake, Brian  photographer  1960  
Medium Summary  colour transparency
Materials  photographic gelatin, reversal film, cut film
Format  35 mm slide (mounted)
Classification  colour transparencies, colour slides, landscapes
Technique  chromogenic processes, colour photography
Registration Number  CT.059853
Credit Line
Gift of Wai Man Lau, 2010

Nicknamed 'Blue Milford', this is one of Brake's best known New Zealand landscape images and was widely used in tourism promotions from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Like many of his photographs, several variations exist. A seagull can be seen in some; in others, the position of the stick relative to the background appears different as Brake tried the shot from slightly different angles. There are varying amounts of sunlight on the mountains, indicating that Brake was responding to changes in the light over an hour or two.

Brake may have had no clear preference, as many versions have been published.

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