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Eye line
Magazine article by Jo Bertini, 2004
Jo Bertini describes the evolution of her portrait of artists and friends Kitty Kantilla and Freda Warlapinni.
Observation point
Magazine article by Avraham Vofsi, 2022
For me, portraiture is all about connection. If we can connect deeply to another person’s story, it can be a profoundly moving experience.
Arthur as Alyosha?
Magazine article by Patrick McCaughey, 2015
Patrick McCaughey explores a striking Boyd self portrait.
9 lives of Karin Catt
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2006
Australian photographer Karin Catt has shot across the spectrum of celebrity, her subjects including rock stars, world leaders and actors.
kith and kin
Magazine article by Ellie Buttrose, 2024
Ellie Buttrose reveals the web of connection behind Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore’s kith and kin, which won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale 2024.
Shop Talk
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2016
Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Corporate Characters
Magazine article by Gillian Raymond, 2005
A collection of thirty-seven caricatures by the artist Joe Greenberg capture the heroes and villians of Australian business in the 1980s.
Twin chics
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2021
Joanna Gilmour on the exuberant union of fashion pioneers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, captured in luminescent splendour by artist Carla Fletcher.
Paper, boy
Magazine article by Peter Wilmoth, 2016
Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.
Diamond Doll
Magazine article by Karen Vickery, 2016
Karen Vickery delights in a thespian thread of the Australian yarn.
Natural born stiller
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2016
Penelope Grist speaks to Robert McFarlane about shooting for the stars.