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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019 Finalist
Tracey, a dear friend of mine, is an Aboriginal woman with a background from both the Yorta Yorta people from the Shepparton area, and the Gunditjmara mob down Warnambool way. For years now, though, Tracey has been part of the local mob here in Fitzroy. I, too, am a long-term local of Fitzroy, having lived and worked in an old warehouse studio here on the infamous Smith Street for decades now. Smith Street is also where the local mob has always congregated; I have become very close to them over the years, forming a particularly close and enduring friendship with Tracey.
Rod and Jack on the series of portraits they created together.
Echoing 19th-century photography, Rod McNicol's portraits give us a chance to look quietly at the human condition.
Christopher Chapman discusses Rod McNicol's photographic portrait series Newcomers to my village.
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