Gerald Garrick Cunningham (3 September 1945 – 1 July 2019) was a New Zealand author, photographer,[1] historian and businessman.

Born in Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, he lived in that city and in Central Otago, before moving to Auckland in 1957.

Educated at Auckland Grammar School (1958–1962) he was employed by the Bank of New Zealand, Wright Stephenson & Co and Taylor Trading Company.

In 1972 he established Company Forty Five Ltd., a business involved in the import, manufacture and wholesale of paintings and art prints to the retail trade throughout New Zealand.

Cunningham died on 1 July 2019 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital after suffering a massive stroke.