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Lynton Diggle

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Lynton Diggle behind a Newall camera at the National Film Unit, probably in 1958. Diggle later said of this shot: "I was very green then and was just posing!". 

Photo taken for publicity by National Film Unit, supplied by Lynton Diggle.

Lynton Diggle filming from the nose of a plane for the National Film Unit.

Photo taken for publicity by National Film Unit, supplied by Lynton Diggle.

A shot of the special housing built for what was likely the first 35mm camera used underwater in New Zealand. It was designed and made by Lynton Diggle, with help from the DSIR. Diggle recalled using it on a water safety film that he shot in Lake Taupō in mid-winter. The handwound Eymo could only take 100 foot of film.

Kindly supplied by Lynton Diggle.

Lynton Diggle in Antarctica. The shot was taken during the making of either 1983/4 TV project The Big Ice, or Diggle's 1980 documentary Antarctica.

Supplied by Lynton Diggle.

From left to right: Director Sam Pillsbury, artist Ralph Hotere and cameraman Lynton Diggle during the making of 1974 National Film Unit documentary Ralph Hotere.

Publicity photo taken by the National Film Unit. Supplied by Lynton Diggle.

From left to right: Director Sam Pillsbury, artist Ralph Hotere and cameraman Lynton Diggle during the making of 1974 National Film Unit documentary Ralph Hotere.

Publicity photo taken by the National Film Unit. Supplied by Lynton Diggle.

Lynton Diggle films artist Ralph Hotere as he uses a Xerox copier, for 1974 National Film Unit documentary Ralph Hotere

Photo taken by the National Film Unit, supplied by Lynton Diggle.

A shot taken during the making of 1973 TV drama One of Those People that Live in the World, which was set in a mental hospital. From left to right: director Paul Maunder, camera assistant Bayley Watson and cameraman Lynton Diggle.

Kindly supplied by Lynton Diggle.