Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Brian Brake

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born in Wellington in 1927 and educated in Christchurch, Brian Brake gained an affinity with the camera at a young age. After working with the National Film Unit in Wellington, he based himself in London during the 1950s and worked internationally as a freelance photographer, before being invited by Henri Cartier-Bresson to join the exclusive Magnum Photos agency in 1955. His 1961 photo essay
Monsoon
propelled him to world acclaim; in that year he moved to Hong Kong, where he was based until the mid-1970s, contributing regularly to magazines such as National Geographic and Life, and later making films. In 1974 he was commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand to photograph indigenous art and artefacts from museums around the South Pacific. He returned to New Zealand to live in 1976, and his on-going involvement in exhibitions and publications helped Maori art to reach an international audience. Brian Brake died in Auckland in 1988.

Brian Brake

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born in Wellington in 1927 and educated in Christchurch, Brian Brake gained an affinity with the camera at a young age. After working with the National Film Unit in Wellington, he based himself in London during the 1950s and worked internationally as a freelance photographer, before being invited by Henri Cartier-Bresson to join the exclusive Magnum Photos agency in 1955. His 1961 photo essay
Monsoon
propelled him to world acclaim; in that year he moved to Hong Kong, where he was based until the mid-1970s, contributing regularly to magazines such as National Geographic and Life, and later making films. In 1974 he was commissioned by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand to photograph indigenous art and artefacts from museums around the South Pacific. He returned to New Zealand to live in 1976, and his on-going involvement in exhibitions and publications helped Maori art to reach an international audience. Brian Brake died in Auckland in 1988.

Books from Brian Brake

Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Te Aho Tapu =: The Sacred Thread

Te Maori: Treasures of the Maori

Art of the Pacific

Maori Art: The Photography of Brian Brake

The House on The Klong: The Bangkok Home and Asian Art Collection of James Thompson

Peking: A Tale of Three Cities

Monsoon

New Zealand: Gift of the Sea