Mark Adams
A survey — He kohinga whakaahua
Mark Adams and Sarah Farrar
Fifty years at the forefront of photography
Mark Adams is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s foremost photographers. His focus on Samoan tatau, Māori–Pākehā interactions in Rotorua, carved meeting houses, locations of significance for Ngāi Tahu in Te Waipounamu, and Captain James Cook’s landing sites reflect his deep engagement with our postcolonial and Pacific histories.
This first-ever comprehensive survey of his work honours one of our most distinguished — and continually compelling — photographers.
It includes photographs taken across the Pacific, the United Kingdom and Europe that explore the migration of artistic and cultural practices across the globe, and examine the role of museums, and photography itself, in this dynamic and ongoing cross-cultural exchange.
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- CATEGORY: Art and design, Te ao Māori
- ISBN: 9781991309013
- ESBN: N/A
- PUBLISHER: Massey University Press
- IMPRINT: Massey University Press
- PUBLISHED: 03/04/2025
- PAGE EXTENT: 360
- FORMAT: Hard cover
About the authors
Mark Adams is one of New Zealand’s most distinguished photographers whose work is held in major institutions in New Zealand and abroad.
Dr Sarah Farrar is head of curatorial and learning at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. She is a curator and art historian whose research focuses on contemporary art, curatorial activism and the complexities of cross-cultural exchange.