Arts Foundation of New Zealand
'The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Te Tumu Toi is a New Zealand arts organisation that supports artistic excellence and facilitates private philanthropy through raising funds for the arts and allocating it to New Zealand artists.
The 2013 recipients of Arts Foundation Icon Awards, at a reception at Government House, Wellington. Left to right: Cliff Whiting, Jacqueline Fahey, Geoff Murphy, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Ian Athfield.
Martha Friedlander was a British-New Zealand photographer. She emigrated to New Zealand in 1958, where she was known for photographing and documenting New Zealand's people, places and events, and was considered one of the country's best photographers.
Self-portrait, c. 1984
Friedlander (second from right), at Government House, Wellington, in 2011, with fellow Arts Foundation Icons Greer Twiss (left) and Sir Peter Jackson (right), and the governor-general, Sir Anand Satyanand (centre), and Susan, Lady Satyanand