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Learning resources
Learn about the Australian doctor and scientist who dedicated her life to the research and treatment of poliomyelitis. For Year 5 – 7 students.
Blek Bala MJ, 2017
by Timothy Hillier
General content
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
Our only concern is the void, 2013
by Nik Lee
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Winner, MDPA 2013
Alienation
More about In the flesh
Segregated from their fellow humans in cellophane prisons, reference points are removed, so it is not certain whether these naked figures could be unwrapped, are about to be subsumed, or will forever be suspended in a plastic stasis.
Myles Nelson
Finalist interviews
It was definitely a candid encounter as was the expression on the face. It was constructed insofar as the image was deliberately taken from a distance so as to minimize intrusion and to magnify the effect of the image.
Nicola Dickson
Contributing artists
Born: 1959, Southport, QLD
Works: Canberra
History
About us
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
Tejal Shah
by Gitanjali Dang
Artist essays
Born in 1979, Tejal Shah grew up in Chhattisgarh, central India, moving to Bombay in 1995.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
NPPP 2016 exhibition essay
General content
Penny Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2016 Prize.
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
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Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
Everybody, look serious
NPPP 2014 exhibition essay
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Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.