item details
NameTrevor Rupe
ProductionUnknown; circa 1957; New Zealand
Classificationphotographs, portraits
Materialsphotographic paper, wood, glass
Materials SummaryFramed black and white photograph
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, commercial portraiture, framing, glazing
DimensionsFrame: 290mm (width), 350mm (height), 25mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH011923
Credit linePurchased 2006
Overview
Carmen Rupe (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Heke-a-Wai, 1936‒2011) was a flamboyant transgender women, performer, business owner and anti-discrimination activist who became a cultural icon in New Zealand and Australia.
This framed portrait from the late 1950s carries a handwritten note on the back that this was ‘my last male foto’ before her permanent transition from Trevor to Carmen.