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Lovers And Luggers : Publicity Shot featuring Shirley Ann Richards Lloyd Hughes And Elaine Hamill (1937)
Lovers And Luggers : Publicity Shot featuring Shirley Ann Richards Lloyd Hughes And Elaine Hamill (1937)
Lovers And Luggers : Publicity Shot featuring Shirley Ann Richards Lloyd Hughes And Elaine Hamill (1937)
Lovers And Luggers : Publicity Shot featuring Shirley Ann Richards Lloyd Hughes And Elaine Hamill (1937)

Starstruck

Australian Movie Portraits

Exhibition closes 4 March

Striking, beautiful portraiture comes out of the most thoroughly documented creative process there is – filmmaking. In a ground-breaking collaboration the National Portrait Gallery and National Film and Sound Archive invite you into this captivating realm between real and fictional worlds. 

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Selfie Factory, 2017 by Ralph Kenke and Elmar Trefz, video: 3 minutes
Selfie Factory, 2017 by Ralph Kenke and Elmar Trefz, video: 3 minutes
Selfie Factory, 2017 by Ralph Kenke and Elmar Trefz, video: 3 minutes
Selfie Factory, 2017 by Ralph Kenke and Elmar Trefz, video: 3 minutes

Digital Portraiture Award 2017

Exhibition closes 18 February

An annual event to extend traditional notions of portraiture and foster emerging artists with an interest in new technology.
Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley
Layne Beachley

Collection: Icons

Volume One

Exhibition opens 24 February

When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.

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Monday 26 February – Friday 23 March 2018

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