tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post6051839225519332111..comments2024-03-27T18:12:30.318-07:00Comments on Early New Zealand Photographers: FERRIER, WilliamEarly Canterbury Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-12463377061250720872011-09-24T15:35:56.376-07:002011-09-24T15:35:56.376-07:00Hello William, thanks for that information about W...Hello William, thanks for that information about William Ferrier, I'm no expert on Ferrier but certainly both father and son could have been amateur photographers before William took it up professionally and opened his first studio. David could well have taught William as you say. The 1893 Timaru electoral roll apparently shows David as photographer. (Auckland City Libraries Photographer's Database). Perhaps more as a assistant in his son's studio.<br /><br />It is interesting you have William Ferrier photographs taken in Scotland. I wonder if that has been known before - that he was a photographer in Scotland?<br /><br />Are you related to William Ferrier? My great grandfather's cousin Grace Harris was married to Herbert Gordon Ferrier, William's son.Early Canterbury Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339666224265735452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136416988239175653.post-69003346934985435932011-09-24T13:49:22.931-07:002011-09-24T13:49:22.931-07:00Great site , I have some earlier Ferrier material ...Great site , I have some earlier Ferrier material photographs of Scotland and of Oamaru. I am confused as to who took them William or David Ferrier. some dated 1875 - 76. <br />It is my belief that William was taught Photography by David.The Ferriers were close to photography in its development in the UK. His involvement with Gaul in Christchurch was to learn commercial practice not to learn photography. William McCahonWilliam McCahonnoreply@blogger.com