Marti Friedlander

Marti Friedlander (1928-)^[1] is a New Zealand photographer.

Born in England to Russian Jewish immigrants, from the age of three she was raised in orphanages.^[1] She married a New Zealander and emigrated to New Zealand^[2] in 1958. As an outsider she found herself in a strange land, and began taking photographs to document and understand the country she had adopted.

Marti Friedlander felt constrained by what she saw as New Zealand's conservativism compared to the lifestyle she had enjoyed, and documented and challenged this in her photography and social activism. Her work involved collaboration with Michael King while photographing Maori women and moko.^[3]

Friedlander has had exhibitions at a number of galleries.^[4] She was admitted as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1998, and was the subject of a documentary by Shirley Horrocks entitled Marti: the Passionate Eye.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Naomi Gryn (21 December 2009). "Marti Friedlander". Jewish Quarterly. http://jewishquarterly.org/2009/12/looking-closely/. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
2. ^ Michele Hewitson (1 December 2007). "Marti Friedlander, modern woman". http://www.nzherald.co.nz/michele-hewitson/news/article.cfm?a_id=29&objectid=10479379. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
3. ^ John Daly-Peoples (12 October 2009). "Marti Friedlander, a closely observed photographer". National Business Review. http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/marti-friedlander-a-closely-observed-photographer-113010. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
4. ^ "Marti Friedlander". Auckland Writers & Readers Festival 2010 - Programme. http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/Home/WritersAZ/MartiFriedlander/tabid/445/Default.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
5. ^ "Marti: The Passionate Eye". NZ On Screen. http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/marti-the-passionate-eye-2004. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 

Further reading

• Leonard Bell; Marti Friedlander (2009). Marti Friedlander. Auckland University Press. ISBN 9781869404444. 

External links

• Marti Friedlander official website
• Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki: Works by Marti Friedlander
• Art New Zealand article
• 'Wonderland' article and statement
• Works in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Name	Friedlander, Marti
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Date of birth	1928
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