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The Marti Friedl ander Photogr aphic Award Mark Adams Edith Amituanai John Miller Neil Pardington
The Marti Friedlander Photographic Award
Funded by the Marti and Gerrard Friedlander Charitable Trust Marti Friedlander was herself a recipient of an Arts Foundation Award in 2011 for her lifetime achievements as a photographer. Marti’s work is celebrated around the world and is captured in a number of publications. Renowned for her love of “the extraordinary in ordinary New Zealand”, Marti, with the support of her husband Gerrard, established this Marti Friedlander Photograph Award to support and acknowledge New Zealand photographers. The Award is presented every two years to a photographer selected by Marti with the recipient receiving a $25,000 award from the Marti and Gerrard Friedlander Charitable Trust. The 2011 recipient of the Marti Friedlander Award for Photography was photographer Neil Pardington. Neil’s sister Fiona Pardington was a recipient of a Laureate Award in the same year. Neil Pardington’s practice has been described as ‘straight photography with a twist’. He works in the space between documentary photography – where the defining principle is to capture the truth about the world – and conceptual photography, which contends that such a truth can never really be depicted. Not only is Neil Pardington one of New Zealand’s foremost photographers, he is also director of MAP Film Productions, producing, writing and directing a number of short films and he is the founding director of Eyework Design (recipient of some of New Zealand’s top design awards). Top: Neil Pardington, Mattresses, 1999, 700 x 750mm edition of 10, silver gelatin print Photo: Fiona and Neil Pardington with Marti Friedlander. Image by Ken Baker t h e A r t s Fo u n dat i o n | P rin cipa l Partner , M acq uarie P ri vate W ea lth N ew Zea l and
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