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Ans Westra, CNZM (b. April 28, 1936 in Leiden, Netherlands) is a self-taught New Zealand photographer, with an interest in Māori, whose prominence as an artist and author was most amplified by her 1964 piece Washday at the pa.

Westra emigrated to New Zealand in 1957.

Westra was the subject of the 2006 documentary Ans Westra: Private Journeys/Public Thoughts by Luit Bieringa.

Westra’s most recent major book and exhibition, The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand (Wellington: Asia New Zealand Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9582964-0-3), features her own photographs, with text by New Zealand writer Adrienne Jansen. The book's interviews and photographs of thirty-seven individuals give insight into the lives of Asian Muslims in New Zealand.

Fellowships and residencies
In 1996 Ans Westra was awarded the inaugural Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence award by Southland Art Foundation, Southern Institute of Technology, Southland Museum and Art Gallery and Creative New Zealand.

Awards
In 1998 Westra was awarded the Companion of the Order of New Zealand Merit for services to photography and in 2007 she became an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon artist.

Exhibitions

 * 2012 Notes on the country I live in, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 2012 Maori, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 2011 Washday at the Pa, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 2010 Capture, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
 * 2009 Crescent Moon: the Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand, Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures, Porirua, New Zealand
 * 2008 Toy Land, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

Collections

 * Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand
 * Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand
 * Te Manawa Museums Trust, Palmerston North, New Zealand
 * Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, Wellington, New Zealand
 * National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Wellington, New Zealand
 * Wellington City Council, New Zealand
 * The New Dowse Permanent Collection, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
 * Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand