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Sue Ford 1980-2006
Sue Ford 1980-2006
Sue Ford 1980-2006
Ruth Maddison

Sue Ford 1980-2006, 1980-2006 (printed 2013)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Ed E. Ford
Ed E. Ford
Ed E. Ford
an unknown artist

Ed E. Ford, 1909

Portrait, lithograph on postcard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory
Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory
Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory
Sue Ford

Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory, 1988 (printed 2015)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2015

Bill Dix, Ford, Qantas
Bill Dix, Ford, Qantas
Bill Dix, Ford, Qantas
Joe Greenberg

Bill Dix, Ford, Qantas,

Portrait, watercolour, coloured pencil, crayon, gouache, felt tipped pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Miss Florrie Ford (Christmas pantomime with toy cat)
Miss Florrie Ford (Christmas pantomime with toy cat)
Miss Florrie Ford (Christmas pantomime with toy cat)
Fielding, Leeds

Miss Florrie Ford (Christmas pantomime with toy cat), 1930

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Sue Ford 1980-2006

Sue Ford

Biography

Sue Ford (née Winslow, 1943–2009), photographer, filmmaker and photo-media artist, grew up in the beachside suburbs of Melbourne and became interested in photography while on holiday in Europe at age 17.

2 portraits in the collection

Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait
Stella Bowen

Self portrait, c. 1934

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Purchased 2003

Anneliese Seubert
Anneliese Seubert
Anneliese Seubert
Ingvar Kenne

Anneliese Seubert, 1997 (printed 2014)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Sidney Kidman
Sir Sidney Kidman
Sir Sidney Kidman
Samuel Woolf

Sir Sidney Kidman, 1932

Portrait, charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper

Purchased 2009

Bert Newton
Bert Newton
Bert Newton
Robin Sellick

Bert Newton, 2006

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2006

Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Bleddyn Butcher

Nick Cave, 1994

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

Eric Bana
Eric Bana
Eric Bana
Andrew Maccoll

Eric Bana, 2006 (printed 2012)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2012

by Juan Ford The Reorientalist, 2013

Juan Ford

More about In the flesh artists

Juan Ford received a Master of Art, by research, from RMIT University in 2001. His many commissions include the National Gallery of Victoria’s interactive work You, me and the flock for Melbourne Now 2013/2014 and a project for Hotel de Immigrantes, a project in Manifesta 9, the European Biennale in 2012.

Charlie Ford

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.

by Sam Jinks Woman and child, 2010

Transience

More about In the flesh

These paintings by Juan Ford and sculptures by Sam Jinks evoke the impermanence of human life.

by Juan Ford The Reorientalist, 2013

Reflection

More about In the flesh

A coincidence of intense self-reflection and the motif of the play-weapon occurs in the work of Melbourne artists Juan Ford and Michael Peck.

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