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Portrait 56

Autumn 2017

Homework, 2014 Michael Zavros
Homework, 2014 Michael Zavros
Homework, 2014 Michael Zavros

Observation point

by Michael Zavros

Michael Zavros on when a portrait is not really a portrait.
NPPP finalists
NPPP finalists
NPPP finalists

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by Dr Sarah Engledow

Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Geoffrey Graham
Geoffrey Graham
Geoffrey Graham

The mind's eye

by Dr Christopher Chapman

Christopher Chapman takes a trip through the doors of perception, arriving at the junction of surrealism and psychoanalysis.
Untitled, 2011 © Kelly Tunney
Untitled, 2011 © Kelly Tunney
Untitled, 2011 © Kelly Tunney

Something old, something new

by Andrew Mayo

Andrew Mayo considers the changing face of modern wedding photography through the eyes of two of its finest exponents, Dan O’Day and Kelly Tunney.
Louise Lovely feeding gulls in a park, 1969 Unknown photographer
Louise Lovely feeding gulls in a park, 1969 Unknown photographer
Louise Lovely feeding gulls in a park, 1969 Unknown photographer

Jewelled nights

by Dr Anne Sanders

Anne Sanders celebrates the cinematic union of two pioneering australian women.
Greg and I, 2012 by Cayce Zavaglia
Greg and I, 2012 by Cayce Zavaglia
Greg and I, 2012 by Cayce Zavaglia

Thread bare

by Cayce Zavaglia

US artist Cayce Zavaglia reveals human duality in her striking embroidered portraiture.
Revd Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795 by Sir Henry Raeburn
Revd Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795 by Sir Henry Raeburn
Revd Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795 by Sir Henry Raeburn

Great Scots

by Diana O'Neil

Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Albert Jonas and John Xiniwe of The African Choir, 1891 London Stereoscopic Co.
Albert Jonas and John Xiniwe of The African Choir, 1891 London Stereoscopic Co.
Albert Jonas and John Xiniwe of The African Choir, 1891 London Stereoscopic Co.

Back in black

by Krysia Kitch

Krysia Kitch reviews black chronicles at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Portrait of Captain James Cook RN
Portrait of Captain James Cook RN
Portrait of Captain James Cook RN

Unbuttoning uniforms

by Sharon Peoples

Sharon Peoples contemplates costumes and the construction of identity.
Quentin Bryce
Quentin Bryce
Quentin Bryce

In bloom

by Susi Muddiman

Susi Muddiman delights in Michael Zavros’ stunning portrait of the honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO.

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