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Owen Maher
Biography
Owen Maher (b.c. 1975) is a Bardi man from One Arm Point on the Dampier Peninsula.
1 portrait in the collection
Talking heads
About Face article
In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.
Sarah
Therese Maher
Image
Coji and Owen, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004
Joanna Gilmour
Biography
Joanna Gilmour is the Curator, Collection & Research at the National Portrait Gallery.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
Previous exhibition, 2023
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.
NPPP 2012 exhibition essay
General content
Joanna Gilmour, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2012 Prize.
NPPP 2013 exhibition essay
General content
Joanna Gilmour, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2013 Prize.
The animating signature
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2019
Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
Carte-o-mania!
Previous exhibition, 2018
Drawn from the NPG’s burgeoning collection of cartes de visite, Carte-o-mania! celebrates the wit, style and substance of the pocket-sized portraits that were taken and collected like crazy in post-goldrush Australia.
Husbands and Wives
Photographic Portraits from 19th Century Australia
Previous exhibition, 2010
'I have just been to my dressing case to take a peep at you.
Jo's mo show
(with beards)
Previous exhibition, 2011
This exhibition illustrates changes in beards, moustaches and sideburns from the 1780s to the 1980s.
Sideshow Alley
Infamy, the macabre & the portrait
Previous exhibition, 2015
Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.
Pub Rock
Your backstage pass to 70s and 80s sounds and scenes
Previous exhibition, 2020
Celebrate the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on our nation’s identity.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2013
Previous exhibition, 2013
The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries that reflect the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
The Dissecting Room
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2015
Joanna Gilmour accounts for Australia’s deliciously ghoulish nineteenth century criminal portraiture.