New Zealand Photography Collected

New Zealand Photography spans the country’s history, from early 19th-century portraits of Maori and scenic views to the latest contemporary art photography. The book features more than 350 photographs drawn from the national collection at Te Papa, with each image is beautifully reproduced and accompanied by richly informative descriptions. Author Athol McCredie offers a fresh and compelling narrative that foregrounds photography’s wide-ranging uses across portraiture, landscape, science, documentary photography, and art.

Athol McCredie is a curator of photography at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, where he has worked since 2001. He has been involved with photography as researcher, curator, and photographer since the 1970s. He is the author of Brian Brake: Lens on the World and Fields of Golden Daffodils and the coauthor of Witness to Change.