The photographs of Marti Friedlander (1928–2016)

Marti Friedlander photographed the people of New Zealand from the 1960s up until the present. By bringing an immigrant’s perspective on her adopted country she showed New Zealanders to themselves.

She is particularly renowned for her portraits of artists in the 1960s and 1970s, and for her images of the last Māori women to have received the chin moko in a customary manner.

Marti Friedlander. Karu Mohiti. From the series: The Moko Suite, 1970. Gelatin silver print. Gift of The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2009. Te Papa, O.033720.
Marti Friedlander. Marara Maihi. From the series: The Moko Suite, 1970. Gelatin silver print. Gift of The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2009. Te Papa, O.033711.
Marti Friedlander. Rangi Ruri. From the series: The Moko Suite, 1970. Gelatin silver print. Gift of The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2009. Te Papa, O.033733.
Marti Friedlander. Mere Brown. From the series: The Moko Suite, 1970. Gelatin silver print. Gift of The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2009. Te Papa, O.033747.
Marti Friedlander. Rea Rewiri. From the series: The Moko Suite, 1970. Gelatin silver print. Gift of The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2009. Te Papa, O.033743.
Marti Friedlander. Herepo Rongo. From the series: The Moko Suite, 1970. Gelatin silver print. Gift of The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2009. Te Papa, O.033713.
Marti Friedlander. Portrait of Allen Maddox and Philip Clairmont in Allen Maddox's studio, 1970s. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.030400.
Marti Friedlander. Don Binney, 1977-79? Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031286.
Marti Friedlander. Pat and Gil Hanly, 1969. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031284.
Marti Friedlander. Tony Fomison, 1977-79. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031285.
Marti Friedlander. West Coast, 1969. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031280.