Thomas P. Andrew

Andrew was born in Takapuna, a suburb in Auckland on the North Island of New Zealand. He worked as a photographer in Napier. He later opened a studio in Auckland which was destroyed by fire. In 1891, he went to Samoa where he worked with two other New Zealand photographers, Alfred James Tattersall and John Davis.

The field of work recorded is photography. Work by Thomas P. Andrew is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, National Museum of World Cultures and Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.

• Name — Thomas Andrew • Born — 19 January 1855 • Birthplace — Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand • Died — 7 August 1939 • Place of death — Apia, Samoa • Field — Photography

• Illustration — Seumanutafa Pogai, a high chief (matai) of Apia, taken 1890-1910 • Illustration — Young man dressed as a manaia, son of a Samoan matai, taken 1890-1910 • Illustration — Burial and grave of Robert Louis Stevenson on Mount Vaea, Samoa, 1894 • Illustration — Exiled Samoan leader Lauaki Namulauulu Mamoe (died 1915) • Illustration — Two men in a canoe (paopao, va'a) fishing in Samoa, c. 1914 • Illustration — Samoan male with traditional tattoo (pe'a), taken 1890s • Illustration — Samoan traditional tattooist (tufuga ta tatau), c 1895 • Illustration — Interior of church building in Niue, 1896. • Illustration — Two leaf-clad women, 1905.