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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gil_Hanly > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gil_Hanly.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Hanly > Source revision: 1339916611 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New Zealand artist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox artist | name = Gil Hanly | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} | image = Gil Hanly, Dr Vanda Vitali and Dr Rodney Wilson (2007) (cropped).jpg | caption = Hanly in 2007 | birth_name = Gillian Mary Taverner | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1934}} | birth_place = [Levin](/source/Levin%2C_New_Zealand), New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | residence = | movement = | spouse = | awards = | patrons = | field = Photography | training = | works = }} '''Gillian Mary Hanly''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} ({{nee}} '''Taverner'''; born 1934), known professionally as '''Gil Hanly''', is a New Zealand artist. She is best known for documenting protests and social movements in New Zealand's recent history, including the [1981 Springbok tour](/source/1981_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour_of_New_Zealand_and_the_United_States), the [sinking of the ''Rainbow Warrior''](/source/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior) and the protests at [Bastion Point](/source/Bastion_Point). == Early life == Hanly was born in 1934 in [Levin](/source/Levin%2C_New_Zealand), New Zealand. She has two younger brothers.{{Cite journal|last1=Bailey|first1=Judy |author-link1=Judy Bailey|date=December 2018|title=A life in focus: Gil Hanly|journal=[The Australian Women's Weekly](/source/The_Australian_Women's_Weekly)|pages=36–41}} She grew up on a sheep farm between the sea and the town of [Bulls](/source/Bulls%2C_New_Zealand), where the family worked hard to contribute. She was home schooled until the age of 12, when she was sent to [Nga Tawa](/source/Nga_Tawa_Diocesan_School) school in [Marton](/source/Marton%2C_New_Zealand). She attended the [Ilam School of Fine Arts](/source/Ilam_School_of_Fine_Arts) in Christchurch in the early 1950s, where she trained to be a painter.{{Cite web|url=https://bowerbankninow.com/gil-hanly/|title=Gil Hanly|website=BowerbankNinow|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-04}} She met her husband [Pat Hanly](/source/Pat_Hanly) while at Ilam. == Career == After she graduated from university she moved to London for five years, where she worked as a props buyer for a production company. She and her husband lived and travelled around London, Spain and Italy during this period.{{cite Q|Q137762871}} The family moved back to New Zealand in the early 1960s, living in [Mount Eden](/source/Mount_Eden), Auckland. She worked at the University Bookshop for a decade, and began working for the feminist publication ''[Broadsheet](/source/Broadsheet_(magazine))'' in 1972.{{Cite web|title=Gil Hanly|url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/set/item/638|access-date=21 May 2021|website=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision}} == Artistic career == Hanly became one of the leading social documentary photographers in New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s, photographing events such as the [1981 Springbok tour](/source/1981_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour_of_New_Zealand_and_the_United_States), the [sinking](/source/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior) of the Greenpeace ship ''[Rainbow Warrior](/source/Rainbow_Warrior_(1955))'', the protest at [Bastion Point](/source/Bastion_Point), the 1984 land [hīkoi](/source/h%C4%ABkoi), 1980s anti-nuclear protests, the beginning of the [kōhanga reo](/source/k%C5%8Dhanga_reo) [Māori language](/source/M%C4%81ori_language) immersion school movement, [Homosexual Law Reform](/source/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Act_1986) protests and [Reclaim the Night](/source/Reclaim_the_Night) marches. She has also documented the Queen Street riots and outrage at the [murder of Teresa Cormack](/source/murder_of_Teresa_Cormack). Her photographs of the women's movement in the 1970s and 1980s featured prominently in the exhibition at [Auckland War Memorial Museum](/source/Auckland_War_Memorial_Museum), ''Are We There Yet?''{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12121080|title=Gil Hanly: The protest photographer who made women seen|last=Knight|first=Kim|date=2018-09-14|work=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |access-date=2019-01-04|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}} She says she is attracted to things "that were important". Hanly's photographic collections include images of public figures including the [Topp Twins](/source/Topp_Twins), [Claudia Pond Eyley](/source/Claudia_Pond_Eyley), [Carole Shepheard](/source/Carole_Shepheard), [Hone Harawira](/source/Hone_Harawira) and [Helen Clark](/source/Helen_Clark). She does not describe herself as a photographic artist, but rather she sees herself as a "documenter". == Recognition == In 1993 Hanly was awarded a [New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal](/source/New_Zealand_Suffrage_Centennial_Medal_1993).{{Cite web |title=The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 - Register of recipients {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/new-zealand-royal-honours-system/types-new-zealand-royal-honours/other-distinctive-new-zealand-honours/suffrage-medal-register |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}} In the [1999 Queen's Birthday Honours](/source/1999_Birthday_Honours_(New_Zealand)), Hanly was appointed an [Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/Officer_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit), for services to photography.{{cite web|date=7 June 1999|title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1999 (including Niue)|url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1999-including-niue|access-date=5 July 2020|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}} In 2014 and 2015, Hanly donated much of her photographic collections to the [Auckland War Memorial Museum](/source/Auckland_War_Memorial_Museum),{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/1045124 |title=Gil Hanly photographs |website=Collections Online |publisher=[Auckland War Memorial Museum](/source/Auckland_War_Memorial_Museum) |access-date=12 January 2026}} totalling approximately 144,000 images. In 2019, she was awarded an [Auckland Museum Medal](/source/Auckland_Museum_Medals), becoming a Companion of Auckland War Memorial Museum.{{cite web|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/war-historian-honoured-with-museum-medal/ |title=War historian honoured with museum medal |date=6 March 2019 |publisher=[Massey University](/source/Massey_University) |access-date=3 December 2022}} == Personal life == Hanly was married to the painter [Pat Hanly](/source/Pat_Hanly) until he died in 2004. She has two children with Pat, and her husband had another daughter in a different relationship. While associated with the long-running feminist magazine ''[Broadsheet](/source/Broadsheet_(magazine))'', Hanly does not consider herself a feminist. Outside of social documentary photography, Hanly has an interest in photographing gardens.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11120830|title=Michele Hewitson Interview: Gil Hanly|last=Hewitson|first=Michele|date=2013-09-06|work=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |access-date=2019-01-04|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}} == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/search?f=collection%3AGil+Hanly+Photographic+Archive Gil Hanly Photographic Archive] at the [Auckland War Memorial Museum](/source/Auckland_War_Memorial_Museum) {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanly, Gil}} Category:1934 births Category:Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni Category:Living people Category:New Zealand photographers Category:New Zealand women photographers Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Category:People educated at Nga Tawa Diocesan School Category:People from Levin, New Zealand Category:Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gil Hanly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Hanly) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Hanly?action=history)). 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