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Bill Henson
'Scale and presence'
Portrait story
Photographer Bill Henson describes creating his three part portrait of Simone Young.
Bill Henson AO
Biography
Bill Henson AO was only 19 when his photographs were first exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in his home city of Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Simone Young
Bill Henson AO
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Simone Young
Bill Henson AO
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Simone Young
Bill Henson AO
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Simone Young, 2002
Bill Henson AO
Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by the Farrell Family Foundation and the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002
The look and the feel
Living Memory exhibition essay
General content
Editor Stephen Phillips looks at the finalists' photographs through a judge's lens.
Conduct becoming
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2017
Penelope Grist speaks to Bill Henson and Simone Young to discover the origins of the artist’s stunning photographic triptych.
Bill May
Biography
Bill May (1915-1993), luthier, completed an apprenticeship in cabinetmaking and taught woodwork before founding Mayton Stringed Instruments and Repairs in the early 1940s.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill Neidjie OAM
Biography
Bill Neidjie OAM (c. 1913-2002), a Gagadju man, was the traditional custodian of the Kakadu area of the Northern Territory and spent most of his childhood in this region.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill McAuley
Biography
Bill McAuley began his career as a photographer for newspapers and magazines in Melbourne in 1969.
9 portraits in the collection
Bill Hunter
Biography
Bill Hunter (1940-2011), actor, spent five decades on Australian television and cinema screens.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill Leak
Biography
Bill Leak (1956-2017), portrait painter and caricaturist, trained at the Julian Ashton art school in the mid-1970s, and began his career painting landscapes.
7 portraits in the collection
Bill Robertson CBE MC
Biography
Bill Robertson CBE MC (1917-2011), public servant, was educated at Melbourne Grammar and Oxford, where he graduated from the school of Natural Philosophy in 1939.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill Collins OAM
Biography
Bill Collins OAM (1934-2019), television movie host and critic, was a high school English teacher and lecturer at teachers’ college before beginning a record 55-year stint on Australian television.
1 portrait in the collection
The Hon. Bill Hayden AC
Biography
The Hon Bill Hayden AC (1933‒2023) was Governor-General of Australia from 1989 to 1996 and Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983.
1 portrait in the collection