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White Drummer Ghost Class
by Tina Havelock Stevens
General content
Finalist, MDPA 2015
Charlie Ford
Vox pops
I had my medium format camera to take like a nice portrait of the family and just happened to see Helen in this really natural pose, shutting the gate to keep the dog away from the spit.
Nothing black and white about the Greys
It's Complicated
Marriage: a prolonged disaster
A life shared
Devotion
Wartime romance
Top of their game
Nobel Laureates
General content
Macfarlane Burnet and Patrick White
Larry Clark
Tough & Tender
General content
Larry Clark's black-and-white documentary images of young outsiders reveal raw feelings.
Ayman Kaake
Vox pops
This photo is a self portrait. So this is me. So you can see the eye resemblance. So, and this photo is inspired by my friends, my workplace.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 winner announced
23 March 2018
Archived media releases 2018
Finalists have been eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Winner and Highly Commended for the National Photographic Portrait Prize since December. It is our pleasure to announce the Winner for 2018 is Lee Grant for her portrait titled Charlie and Highly Commended has been awarded to Filomena Rizzo for her portrait titled My Olivia.
Maykarran, 2017
by Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu
General content
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video using projection
Alwar Balasubramaniam
by Zehra Jumabhoy
Artist essays
Born in 1971 in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculptures, prints and installations challenge our perceptions while creating forms for the invisible and the intangible.
Sean Slattery
Vox pops
This is Davide Di Giovanni and he was a principal dancer for the Sydney Dance Company for six or seven years. He got in touch with me to do some video work together and he was just so amazing.
The Parkes
Beards
It wasn’t uncommon for the pro-beard fraternity of the mid nineteenth century to cite beards as a sign of wisdom on the grounds that Socrates and other ancient philosophers had worn them.
The 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize
16 June 2023
Media
Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter has won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.
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.
Heather Corrigan
Finalist interviews
The lovely faces in my photograph are that of my best friends. Some I have only known for a couple of months, others for most of my life. For me, recreating a family portrait with individuals I love was supremely important. I was reconstructing a photo of people I cherish with people I adore.
Liu Wei
Featured Artists
Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.