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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

To Look Away – Tilda, 2015 by Sophie Hyde, video: 18 minutes

To Look Away – Tilda, 2015

by Sophie Hyde
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Finalist, DPA 2016

Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London

Announcing Shakespeare to Winehouse

24 November 2021
Archived media releases 2021

More than eighty treasures from the National Portrait Gallery London will travel to Canberra for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from March 2022.

Heidi Margocsy

Heidi Margocsy

Vox pops

Perrin is an amazing amazing woman, and what I wanted to do with this particular sitting was create something raw and stripped back.

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Private and public ancillary funds

Donating to the National Portrait Gallery
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Information Sheet for private and public ancillary funds donating to the National Portrait Gallery.

Our only concern is the void, 2013 by Nik Lee, video: 12 minutes

Our only concern is the void, 2013

by Nik Lee
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Winner, MDPA 2013

Zareth, 2009 by Scott Bycroft

NPPP 2010 exhibition essay

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Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2010 Prize.

Artist kisses subject, 2014 Sophia Hewson. Private collection. © Sophia Hewson. Photo: © AGNSW

The powerful, subversive female gaze

Lust

Erotic-platonic

Jackie and Kerryn, 2001 Jenny Sages

Powerful, equal, legal love

Devotion

Three weddings

Great Suffragette demonstration in London

The courage of their convictions

Nearest & Dearest

Trust the women

Harry Seidler, Killara, Sydney

Designing the ideal marriage

Devotion

Deep foundations, shared vision

Silent Strength, 2021 Wayne Quilliam

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

Learning resources

Let’s look closely at the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 together! For students and family groups.

Ben McNamara

Ben McNamara

Vox pops

This is Marissa Gallagher from Kintore, which if you're in Alice Springs, just go west until the WA border, just before that, a traditional area of Pintupi mob.

In the Lounge, 2006 by North Sullivan

Seduce, Amuse, Entertain

NPPP 2007 exhibition essay
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Michael Desmond, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2007 Prize.

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Honour board
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Artist interviews

Headspace 4
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