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Andrew Gaze, 2018
by George Fetting
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Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018
The Bare story
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Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be
The inside story
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The photographers reveal the technical side of their work and reflect on changes in their profession. Now everyone has a camera in their pocket, is everyone a photographer? What is it like to sustain a career as a photographer in the entertainment industry? How do you work with celebrity subjects, negotiate the complex logistics of big shoots, and create captivating portraits under pressure?
Shirlie Purdie tells a story from her mother
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"It’s good to learn from old people. They keep saying when you paint you can remember that Country, just like to take a photo, but there’s the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) and everything. Good to put it in painting, your Country, so kids can know and understand. When the old people die, young people can read the stories from the paintings. They can learn from the paintings and maybe they want to start painting too."
Art handler's Award
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George Fetting was selected for the Art Handlers’ Award for his portrait Antonio Intili – Sartoria (Tailor Shop) #1.
My Dad the People Smuggler, 2013
by Phuong Thai Hoang Ngo
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Finalist, MDPA 2013
Artist in residence creates portraits using brainwave zctivity
29 June 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Digital media artist, George Khut, is creating a spectacular form of digital portraiture involving public participants.
Cindy Kavanagh
Vox pops
The portrait, the priestess, is of a friend, Floria, and it's part of a project I've been working on for two years, which is 50 at 50.
Process
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025
Explore how process becomes part of a portrait’s story.
Prison and death in the 19th century
Two iBooks of authentic records
Learning resources
These books include sixteen inmates including Ned Kelly, Captain Moonlite and Frederick Deeming and twelve sketches of the deceased, including several children. For Year 7 – 9 students.
Bern Emmerichs
Contributing artists
Born: 1961, Melbourne
Works: Melbourne
2008
Portrait Donors
Place
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025
Consider the significance of place when telling someone’s story.
Leaving Lost, 2013
by Frazer Bull-Clark
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Finalist, MDPA 2013
Gallery unveils Portrait of Mark Ella
12 May 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Last night in Sydney, the National Portrait Gallery unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Australian sporting legend Mark Ella AM.
Process
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026
Explore how process becomes part of a portrait’s story.