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Alexis with moon
Amos Gebhardt
Image
Eric, 2020
Amos Gebhardt
Portrait, archival inkjet pigment print on paper, trifold hinged triptych
Purchased with funds provided by Susan Armitage 2024
Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)
Tony Amos
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2020
Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)
Tony Amos
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020
Gallery Three
Upcoming exhibition
Gallery Three features major new acquisitions, collection highlights and favourites.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024
Previous exhibition, 2024
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 celebrates established and emerging artistic talent from across the country.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024
Learning resources
Let’s take a look at the National Photographic Portrait Prize for 2024!
George Spartels
Biography
George Spartels (b. 1954), actor, composer, musician and presenter, was a host on the ABC television children’s program Play School from 1985 to 1999.
1 portrait in the collection
George Spartels, early 1970s
Ivan Gaal
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2019
The essence of you
Magazine article by Lee Tulloch, 2011
Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.
Stand Proud
Magazine article by Anne O'Hehir, 2023
Anne O’Hehir chats with artist Kim Leutwyler about courage, community and the ethics of looking.
References
General content
About the exhibition curator Claire Roberts, and writers Eugene Wang and Zhang Letian.
Time and light
In Gallery Seven
Previous exhibition, 2023
This sample of 56 photographs takes in some of the smallest photographs we own and some of the largest, some of the earliest and some of the most recent, as well as multiple photographic processes from daguerreotypes to digital media.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
Petal to the mettle
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.