The Marshall Seifert Collection

The well-known Dunedin gallerist and art dealer first began collecting New Zealand photography in Dunedin in 1968. His first acquisition was two Charles Spencer photographs which he purchased for a paltry $8. One of these, Pink Terraces, Rotomahana, Marshall still regarded  as one of the finest images in his collection at the time of sale. Some 13 years on from this life-altering first purchase, the Marshall Seifert Gallery was opened, in which Seifert designated one room solely to the display of historic and contemporary photographs. The Marshall Seifert Gallery now operates as the Brett McDowell Gallery in the charming Victorian building-lined Dowling Street and still shows photography extensively including work by contemporary photographers such as Ans Westra and Laurence Aberhart as well as exciting new photographers like Ben Cauchi.