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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Juliet van Otteren

Juliet van Otteren's first passion were dance and riding her horses bareback across the countryside.

1 portrait in the collection

Peter Singer

Peter Singer

Peter Singer

Peter Singer, 2002

Juliet van Otteren

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Mr and Mrs Wilbur van Otteren 2002

Teenagers 2024, 2023 Juliet Taylor

Teenagers 2024

Sebastien Malone, 2014 by Juliet Taylor

Sebastien Malone, 2014

by Juliet Taylor

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2002

Portrait Donors

Catherine Martin

The love, life and art of Bazmark

Fruitful fusion

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann (b. 1962), film director, aspired to be an actor, appearing in Winter of Our Dreams (1981) and studying acting at NIDA before turning to directing.

2 portraits in the collection

Frances Saville

Frances Saville

Frances Saville

Frances Saville, 1903

Reutlinger Studios

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson AO

Mel Gibson (b. 1956), actor, was born in New York state, the sixth of eleven children of a railroad brakeman and an Australian opera singer.

1 portrait in the collection

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann, 2000

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2006

Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin, 2001 (printed 2006)

Douglas Kirkland

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2006

Akira Isogawa

Akira Isogawa

Akira Isogawa

Akira Isogawa, 2001

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2005

Alan Alder

Alan Alder

Alan Alder (1937–2019), dancer and ballet teacher, began his career studying tap and Scottish highland dancing in Canberra.

2 portraits in the collection

Wesley Enoch and David McAllister

David McAllister AC

David McAllister AC (b. 1963), dancer and former artistic director of the Australian Ballet, was born in Perth and began studying ballet in the early 1970s.

3 portraits in the collection

Akira Isogawa

Akira Isogawa

Akira Isogawa

Akira Isogawa, 2003 (printed 2005)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson, 1982

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2003

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