Alyson Hunter

Alyson Hunter (born 1948) is a New Zealand photographer and print maker, resident in London, who, during the 1970s and 1980s, employed an unusual technique of etching with a chemically modified photographic image.

Life Alyson Hunter. For the Glory of the Empire (1973), print, photogravure using Kodak Photoresist (KPR). Alyson Hunter was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is the twin sister of artist Alexis Hunter. She studied at Auckland University, then moved to London to study at Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art. With her husband, Hugh Stoneman, she was a director of Islington Studios and Islington Graphics Gallery. These two works are in the Museum of London. Three landscape etchings 1972–72, including ones of Kent Road and Romney Marsh, were acquired for the British Government Art Collection. She no longer used this photographic technique after 1987.

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