Marti Friedlander

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Marti Friedlander
CNZM
Self-portrait, c. 1984
Born
Martha Gordon

(1928-02-19)19 February 1928
London, England
Died14 November 2016(2016-11-14) (aged 88)
Auckland
, New Zealand
OccupationPhotographer
Spouse
Gerrard Friedlander
​
(m. 1957)​

Martha Friedlander

CNZM (née Gordon; 19 February 1928 – 14 November 2016) was a British-New Zealand photographer
. She emigrated to New Zealand in 1958, where she was known for photographing and documenting New Zealand's people, places and events, and was considered one of the country's best photographers.

Early life

Friedlander was born on 19 February 1928

naturalised New Zealander in 1977.[1]

Career

Friedlander's first impressions of New Zealand were of a strange country with different land, people and social customs from her previous experience. She felt constrained by what she saw as New Zealand's conservatism compared to the lifestyle she had enjoyed in London, and she began taking photographs to document and understand the country and people around her.[9] She was particularly interested in people and social movements, especially protests and activism – one of the first photographs she took in New Zealand was in Auckland in 1960, of people protesting the New Zealand rugby team's tour of South Africa.[10] The photograph was later purchased by the BBC and used in a television series on rugby.[4]

Initially, the couple lived in

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[6]

Friedlander's photography career lasted over 40 years, during which time she photographed a diverse range of subjects, including famous and ordinary people, and rural and urban landscapes. Her work was published in books, magazines and newspapers such as Wine Review,

Waikato Art Museum (1975). In 2001, a retrospective exhibition of 150 of her photographs from 1957 to 1986 was held at the Auckland Art Gallery, followed by a tour of New Zealand galleries the following year.[13][4][14] In 2006, Friedlander's work was included in an exhibition of contemporary New Zealand photography for the Festival Internazionale di Roma [it], which was subsequently also shown at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China.[15]

Publications

Friedlander's work was featured in the books Moko: Maori Tattooing in the 20th Century (1972) with Michael King; Larks in a Paradise (1974) with

Montana Book Awards.[4]

In 2013 Friedlander published an autobiography, Self-Portrait, written with oral historian Hugo Manson.[5]

Honours and recognition

Friedlander (second from right), at Government House, Wellington, in 2011, with fellow Arts Foundation Icons Greer Twiss (left) and Sir Peter Jackson (right), and the governor-general, Sir Anand Satyanand (centre), and Susan, Lady Satyanand

In the

honorary Doctorate of Literature by the University of Auckland in 2016.[9]

Personal life

In October 2016, Friedlander revealed that she was suffering from late-stage breast cancer.[9] She died at her home in Auckland on 14 November 2016 aged 88.[18] She was a member of the New Zealand Labour Party and photographed Prime Minister Norman Kirk in 1969.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Zealand, naturalisations". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b Naomi Gryn (21 December 2009). "Marti Friedlander". Jewish Quarterly. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-86940-785-8
  4. ^ a b c d e "Marti Friedlander". The Arts Foundation. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d "Marti Friedlander: 'A collector of raw evidence'". New Zealand Listener. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Photographer Marti Friedlander dies". Radio New Zealand. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  7. Scoop News
    . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  8. ^ Michele Hewitson (1 December 2007). "Marti Friedlander, modern woman". Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  9. ^ a b c d Duddong, A., "Marti Friedlander: 'At this time of your life, everything is courage'", stuff.co.nz, 22 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  10. ISSN 1170-0777
    . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  11. ISBN 978-1-86940-950-0
    .
  12. ^ John Daly-Peoples (12 October 2009). "Marti Friedlander, a closely observed photographer". National Business Review. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Art New Zealand". www.art-newzealand.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Marti Friedlander". Auckland Writers & Readers Festival 2010 – Programme. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  15. ^ "Wonder-land". Eventfinda. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  16. ^ "New Year honours list 1999". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1998. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Marti: The Passionate Eye". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  18. ISSN 1170-0777
    . Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Norman Kirk 1969".

External links

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