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Roo shooter's offsider, 2017

by Adam Ferguson

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 Finalist

Roo shooter's offsider, 2017

Dwayne John, aged 30 from Broken Hill, works as a kangaroo shooter’s offsider. 70 times a night, after a roo jolts and falls in the spotlight, Dwayne hauls the carcass onto the back of a truck. I made this picture of Dwayne in the early hours of a hot morning on Plumbago Station in South Australia. To me, Dwayne holding this kangaroo symbolises the human attempt to tame the land.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
(More information, View all 43 photos)

The Migrant
Untitled
Shaymaa
Charlotte

Other NPPP photos from Adam Ferguson
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Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) employee, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, May 2022 Adam Ferguson
2023 Finalist
Carlos Soyos, 34, a migrant from Guatemala City, Guatemala and his son, Enderson Soyos, 8, take a self portrait at El Buen Samaritano migrants shelter, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2021 Adam Ferguson
2022 Highly Commended
Morteza Arefifar, Manus Island Detention Centre, 2017 by Adam Ferguson
2019 Finalist
Jokowi, Indonesia, 2014 by Adam Ferguson
2015 Finalist

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Charlie, 2017 by Lee Grant
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Charlie, 2017 by Lee Grant
Charlie, 2017 by Lee Grant

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018

Previous exhibition, 2018

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
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