1924
Sepia-toned silver gelatin print
250x200mm
Ref: 2004-76

This early image was taken while Wells was a student-teacher at Tawhiti School.  He would often bring his cumbersome camera on cycling trips around Mt Taranaki.  A third bicycle, presumably belonging to Wells, can be seen on the right of the picture.

Wells has indicated his early preference for taking pictures of natural scenes rather than images of people or buildings.  Here the two figures are deliberately out-of-focus and have been used as a device to emphasise the scale of the surrounding bush scene.