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TWO WAYS/A dualistic system, 2017

by Dave Laslett

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 Finalist

TWO WAYS/A dualistic system, 2017

Ngarrindjeri Elder Uncle Moogy is one of the busiest men I've ever met, and yet he makes time to preserve his culture, every day showing the importance of his connection to country and the people – his people – that it is made up of. Slipping between the two worlds seamlessly, Major Sumner (as he is formally known) takes a call from his granddaughter, whose birthday party he is late for.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
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The Queen of Deakin
A weekend at Edie's
Bodie
Chaos 1 from series Negotiating the family portrait

Other NPPP photos from Dave Laslett
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1967, 2019 Dave Laslett
2020 Finalist
The Unbreakable, 2018 by Dave Laslett
2019 Finalist
HOMELAND The importance of place, 2014 by Dave Laslett
2015 Finalist

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