The photographs in Tough and tender by Warwick Baker reveal intimate connections and moments of closeness.
Andrew Cowen on photographing his friend Matthew Martin.
The Chairman, Board, Director and staff mourn the loss of the National Portrait Gallery's inaugural director.
Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
Commissioned with funds provided by Ross Adler AC 2018
Winner, MDPA 2014
An interview with the photographer.
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
Photographs from internationally acclaimed artists Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Collier Schorr and Chris Burden along with contemporary Australian artists, Rozalind Drummond and Warwick Baker will call the National Portrait Gallery home during our extraordinary winter exhibition Tough and Tender.
Press releases for media.
In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.
The National Portrait Gallery is deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Throughout her 70-year reign, Her Majesty represented graciousness, humanity and stability during times of enormous social change.