Athol McCredie

Athol McCredie is Curator Photography at Te Papa, where he has worked since 2001. He has been involved with photography as a researcher, curator and photographer since the 1970s. His publications include Brian Brake: Lens on the world (editor, 2010), New Zealand Photography Collected (2015) and The New Photography: New Zealand’s first generation of documentary photographers (2019).

Head and shoulders of a man with a white beard and blue eyes who is looking at the camera.

Athol McCredie. Photo by Yoan Jolly. Te Papa

Athol McCredie on RNZ

Books

Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer

A superb selection of the work of one of New Zealand’s finest early photographers.

The New Photography: New Zealand's First-Generation Contemporary Photographers

New Zealand’s photographer pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s.

Ten x Ten: Art at Te Papa

One hundred of the best-loved works in the national art collection at Te Papa

New Zealand Photography Collected

From the sublime to the surreal, the familiar to the forgotten and the 1850s to the present – see New Zealand photography like never before in this unique visual history.

Brian Brake: Lens on the World

The complete life and work of Brian Brake, New Zealand’s best-known photographer, has at last been encapsulated in one stunning book.

Athol McCredie: Biography and 10 questions about Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer

Athol McCredie, author of Leslie Adkin: Farmer Photographer discusses his book with Te Papa Press.

Athol McCredie: biography and 10 questions about The New Photography

Athol McCredie, editor of The New Photography discusses his work with Te Papa Press.

Athol McCredie: biography and 10 questions about Ten x Ten: Art at Te Papa

Athol McCredie, editor of Ten x Ten: Art at Te Papa, discusses the book with Te Papa Press.

Athol McCredie: biography and 10 questions about New Zealand Photography Collected

Athol McCredie, author of New Zealand Photography Collected, discusses his work with Te Papa Press.