[1] Breckon started his career under the mentorship of H.E Gaze in 1904[2] and was eventually appointed the position of Chief Photographer for The Weekly News and The New Zealand Herald for over twenty years.

Another important moment that Breckon captured in photographs was the expedition of Douglas Mawson to the sub Antarctic Macquarie Islands.

[3] Breckon and the team struggled to shore in the icy cold water to eventually make their way to Mawson's men.

Other honourable mentions in Breckon's work was his photographs of the wreckage site of the SS Wiltshire off Great Barrier in 1922 and pictures of the Napier earthquake.

[3] David Eggleton describes, "Breckon's on the spot reportage was a demonstration of photography as a form of social control, serving to isolate, classify and document anomalous behaviour for everyone's edification.