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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.


  • Seated woman

    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.


  • Portrait of a kuia

    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.


  • Black and white portrait

    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.


  • Woman

    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.


  • Close-up portrait

    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.


  • Woman with headscarf

    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.


  • Two men on a couch

    Marti Friedlander. Portrait of Allen Maddox and Philip Clairmont in Allen Maddox's studio, 1970s. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.030400.


  • Sand dune scene

    Marti Friedlander. Don Binney, 1977-79? Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031286.


  • Two people standing in a doorway

    Marti Friedlander. Pat and Gil Hanly, 1969. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031284.


  • Close-up portrait

    Marti Friedlander. Tony Fomison, 1977-79. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031285.


  • Portrait of two people

    Marti Friedlander. West Coast, 1969. Gelatin silver print. Purchased 2007. Te Papa, O.031280.

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