Loading Docs 2016 - The Colourist
- Documentary
Scenic vistas of Aotearoa have become an important part of New Zealand identity. Hand-coloured photos produced by Whites Aviation from 1945 were formative in the genre, and hugely popular after WWll. This 2016 Loading Doc profiles 'colouring girl' Grace Rawson, now 83, who uses cotton wool and brushes to demonstrate the meticulous process behind colouring the images. The short was co-directed by artist and commercials director Greg Wood, and author Peter Alsop (Selling the Dream), whose book on the photos, Hand-Coloured New Zealand, was published in 2016.

Peter Alsop on the film, Public Address website, 5 August 2016
Colourist page on the Loading Docs website
Page and links for Peter Alsop's book Hand-Coloured New Zealand, Potton & Burton website
Radio New Zealand interview with co-director Peter Alsop, 7 March 2016









