Biography: Friedlander, Marti

Marti Friedlander with portraits of Michal and Nina, 1964

Marti Friedlander took this self-portrait near the beginning of her professional career. Her first exhibition, in the Wynyard Tavern in 1966, was of photographs of children, who featured prominently in her work for the rest of her life.

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by Marti Friedlander

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How to cite this page

Leonard Bell. 'Friedlander, Marti', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47466/marti-friedlander-with-portraits-of-michal-and-nina-1964 (accessed 24 June 2026).