Men seated on shore with canoe, Wari Island, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

"Canoe, Teste Island" [now Wari Island]. Men seated on and around canoe on beach.; One of 113 albumen prints mounted in an album by W.G. Lawes. Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906. Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.

《独木舟，特斯特岛（现瓦里岛）》：海滩上，数名男性端坐于独木舟之上及舟侧。该作品为W.G.劳埃斯（W.G. Lawes）装帧于影集中的113张蛋白印相（albumen print）照片之一。劳埃斯曾担任南太平洋纽埃（Niue）岛的首位常驻传教士，1874年调往巴布亚新几内亚（Papua New Guinea），直至1906年退休。劳埃斯是传教士出身的先锋摄影师，同时也是巴布亚新几内亚首位常驻非原住民居民。他拍摄了该群岛及其原住民的首批影像，同时记录了传教活动，这些影像经由悉尼的亨利·金（Henry King）进行商业发行。劳埃斯对巴布亚当地生活的熟悉程度与所发挥的作用，对其他摄影师而言亦至关重要——尤其是殖民政府与考察团队的摄影师，例如澳大利亚专业摄影师J.W.林特（J. W. Lindt），后者曾明确承认，劳埃斯为他到访巴布亚新几内亚并顺利开展摄影工作发挥了决定性作用。