Gladys Mary Goodall

Gladys Mary Goodall (née Bishop, 2 June 1908 – 23 March 2015) was a New Zealand photographer whose work was used for scenic postcards of the country. Her photographs are held in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the National Library of New Zealand.

She returned to photography in the 1940s while exploring the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, using a Rolleiflex camera to capture the scenery, and joining the Canterbury Photography Society in order to learn basic techniques. Her images for Whitcombe & Tombs, which numbered more than 2,000, included cities, towns, notable buildings, airports and aircraft, Māori in traditional garb and seasonal panoramic shots of every part of New Zealand. For this work she used a Linhof Technika camera. Goodall retired from photography in 1980, aged 72. She served as a justice of the peace from 1949 to 1999.

Personal life In 1938, Goodall married Stan Goodall, a farmer from the Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury. They initially lived at Mt. Aitken Station but the farm was uneconomic and they later moved to Christchurch, where her husband became a tour bus driver; Goodall sold her scenic photographs to his passengers as souvenirs.

Publications

Goodall, Gladys M. (Gladys Mary) (1964). Wonderland panorama : New Zealand. Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, N.Z Goodall, Gladys M. (Gladys Mary) (1971). Bay of Plenty panorama : Whitianga, Whangamata, Mt Maunganui, Tauranga, Whakatane, Ohope, Opotiki, New Zealand. Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch [N.Z.] Goodall, Gladys M. (Gladys Mary) (1975). Christchurch panorama, New Zealand. Whitcoulls, Christchurch [N.Z.]