Skip to main content
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography logo

Biography: Sinclair, Keith

The intellectual

The intellectual

Marti Friedlander’s portraits of Keith Sinclair, his best-known public images, cast him as a brooding and charismatic intellectual. This one dates from the mid-1970s. 

Using this item

Marti Friedlander

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

How to cite this page

Tony Ballantyne. 'Sinclair, Keith', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2019. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47280/the-intellectual (accessed 24 June 2026).