Belated Accolades - a talk about photographer Rosaline Frank (1864-1954)

Rosalina McCarthy at Nelson Institute

Activities Room, Nelson Public Library
27 Halifax St, Nelson

2pm Sunday, 3 May 2026

Cost: $3 or pay by direct credit: 03-1354-0183881-00.

The Nelson Institute presents a talk by Rosalina McCarthy on the life and work of photographer Rosaline Frank (1864-1954).

The talk covers Rosaline’s early family life and standing as a professional photographer. Conflict between the early Nelson Council and the Tyree Studio and its subsiduaries will be discussed, along with the legacy of Rosaline Frank and the Tyree Collection. Also highlighted is the UNESCO Award and the role of early photographers as social historians. 

Rosalina's most recently published book, Belated Accolades, describes the establishment of Nelson Province and its photographic social history during 1843-2017 and also covers the UNESCO HERITAGE STATUS of the Tyree Photographic Collection. Nelson’s first woman professional photographer, Rosaline Margaret Frank, saved the collection, thus leaving her mark on Nelson’s visual and social history.