Athol McCredie

Athol McCredie is Curator Photography at Te Papa, where he has worked since 2001. He has been involved with photography as a researcher, curator and photographer since the 1970s. His publications include Brian Brake: Lens on the world (2010), New Zealand Photography Collected (2015), The New Photography: New Zealand’s first generation of documentary photographers (2019), Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer (2024), shortlisted for New Zealand's national book awards, and New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa.

Photo by Yoan Jolly.

Books

New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa
Expertly curated, and showcasing images taken between 1850 and 2025, this book is an essential reference that honours artistic legacies and explores our identity as a nation.
Q&A with Athol McCredie, author of New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa
Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer
A superb selection of the work of one of New Zealand’s finest early photographers.
The New Photography: New Zealand's First-Generation Contemporary Photographers
New Zealand’s photographer pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s.
Ten x Ten: Art at Te Papa
One hundred of the best-loved works in the national art collection at Te Papa
New Zealand Photography Collected
From the sublime to the surreal, the familiar to the forgotten and the 1850s to the present – see New Zealand photography like never before in this unique visual history.
Brian Brake: Lens on the World
The complete life and work of Brian Brake, New Zealand’s best-known photographer, has at last been encapsulated in one stunning book.