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Elle Macpherson
Biography
Elle Macpherson (b. 1964) is an entrepreneur, model, actor and television host.
1 portrait in the collection
Elle Macpherson, 2000
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
Album of portraits of family of William Taylor Macpherson, c. 1880
George S Bryant & Co, Boston
Portrait, 39 tintype photographs in an album
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2012
Women in Vogue
Celebrating Sixty Years in Australia
Previous exhibition, 2019
This exhibition showcases sixty years of the Vogue Australia archive together with a special tribute to some remarkable Australian women who have featured in the pages of Vogue, and includes iconic portraits of Kylie Minogue and Elle Macpherson, among others.
James Macpherson Grant, c. 1870s
Paterson Brothers
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John McPhee 2018
Elle on wheels
Magazine article by Lucy Quinn, 2013
Lucy Quinn compares the approaches of three photographers lured to the action and culture of roller derby.
New South Wales State Repatriation Board, c. 1920
Frank Neish
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2012
Robert Carter, c. 1910
William Johnson
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on grey cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2012
Elizabeth Carter, c. 1920
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of FW Macpherson 2010
Women in Vogue: Celebrating Sixty years in Australia
20 May 2019
Archived media releases 2019
Celebrating sixty years of Australia’s most exceptional women as they appeared in Vogue Australia, the National Portrait Gallery is proud to announce an exhibition in collaboration with this pre-eminent fashion title.
Ross Honeysett
Biography
Ross Honeysett (b. 1953) is a professional photographer who began his career in London and Paris, shooting for fashion magazines Vogue, Tatler, Glamour and Elle.
2 portraits in the collection
Thomas J. Washbourne
Biography
Thomas J Washbourne worked as a photographer in Geelong and Melbourne in the 1860s and 70s.
1 portrait in the collection
Hon. William McLellan
Biography
William McLellan (1831–1906), miner and parliamentarian, served on the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1859 to 1877, and again between 1883 and 1897.
1 portrait in the collection
Ellen Dahl
Biography
Ellen Dahl (b. 1968) grew up in Hammerfest in Norway and studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California.
1 portrait in the collection
Ben Baker
Biography
Born in Adelaide and raised in Darwin, Ben Baker currently resides in New York City and works internationally.
1 portrait in the collection
A Goldfields Member "The Dove of Ararat" [The Hon. William McLellan M.L.A], 1874
Tom Durkin, The Weekly Times
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016