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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 Finalist
Prue Hazelgrove
born Australia 1995
She 2023
original wet plate collodion process tintype, pigment photographic print on paper
‘Existing can be an act of defiance. When my wife Junia first saw this image, she didn’t see herself. It was distressing and disappointing. But the more we both sat with the portrait, the more we saw her. She is determined and afraid to be known. She is vulnerable and powerful. She is becoming and has always been herself.’
Prue Hazelgrove is a queer artist based on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country in Gundaroo. Hazelgrove specialises in the 19th-century wet plate collodion process, which they use to represent stories erased from conventional narratives, asking viewers to consider their biases and beliefs.
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 celebrates established and emerging artistic talent from across the country.
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