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Evie and Ruby at The Bend, Dec. 2019 Christopher Hopkins

Evie and Ruby at The Bend, Dec. 2019

Christopher Hopkins

Pride, 2020 Christopher Hopkins

Pride

Christopher Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Henry Hopkins

Henry Hopkins (1787–1870), merchant and philanthropist, opened his first shop on Elizabeth Street in Hobart soon after arriving in the colony in September 1822.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait

Livingston Hopkins

Livingston Hopkins, cartoonist, was born in Ohio and fought in the American Civil War before beginning his cartooning career in New York.

3 portraits in the collection

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, 1894

Livingston Hopkins

Portrait, etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2008

Livingston Hopkins

Livingston Hopkins

Livingston Hopkins

Livingston Hopkins, n.d.

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins

Portrait of Henry Hopkins, c. 1845

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2013

Mr Barton 'Overworked'

Mr Barton 'Overworked'

Mr Barton 'Overworked'

Mr Barton 'Overworked', 1893

Livingston Hopkins

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

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Dr Christopher Chapman

After almost 12 years, Dr Christopher Chapman departed as Senior Curator in 2019.

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Christopher Morris

Christopher Morris studied photography at Griffith University in Brisbane in the mid 1990s, during which he photographed many of the leading names in contemporary music including U2, Oasis, Pearl Jam, The Sex Pistols and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

1 portrait in the collection

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the

Christopher Brennan

Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), poet, was born to Irish parents in Sydney.

2 portraits in the collection

Mum, 2011 by Christopher Pearce

Mum, 2011

by Christopher Pearce

Melanie and sighthounds, 2016 by Christopher Pearce

Melanie and sighthounds, 2016

by Christopher Pearce

Greta In Her Kitchen, 36 weeks, 2018 by Alana Holmberg

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019

Previous exhibition, 2019

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Michelle Simmons

Three ways to look at a photograph

NPPP 2019 exhibition essay

General content

Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2019 Prize.

Zareth, 2009 by Scott Bycroft

NPPP 2010 exhibition essay

General content

Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2010 Prize.

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