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Sharon Atkinson-Firebrace
Biography
Sharon Atkinson-Firebrace is a Yorta Yorta woman. She studied business at TAFE before working as an accounting officer at the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and as a bookkeeper for a farming business.
1 portrait in the collection
Sharon Atkinson-Firebrace, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Thomas Atkinson
Biography
Thomas Lewis Atkinson (1817-c. 1890) is described in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists as 'one of the shining representatives of English engraving'.
1 portrait in the collection
Sharon Anyos
Biography
Sharon Anyos (b. 1970) is Australia's only World Champion female boxer.
2 portraits in the collection
Unbuttoning uniforms
Magazine article by Sharon Peoples, 2017
Sharon Peoples contemplates costumes and the construction of identity.
Sharon Anyos, 2006
Toni Wilkinson
Portrait, inkjet print
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
The Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Melbourne (Dr. Charles Perry), 1876
Thomas Atkinson, Samuel Mullen after Henry Weigall Jnr
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Athletes (Sally Robbins, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Caroline Pileggi, Lorian Graham, Sharon Anyos), 2005-2006
Toni Wilkinson
Portrait, 5 inkjet prints
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
The Australasian Federal Convention at Sydney, 1884
The Graphic
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2015
Sharon Zwi
Finalist interviews
We were in Gaza shooting a documentary and we had heard about the orphanages and wanted to visit and document some of the children who had lost parents during the wars in Gaza.
Finalist interviews
General content
Interviews with NPPP 2013 finalists Melanie Faith Dove, Simon Harsent, Ahmad Sabra, Sharon Zwi, Katherine Bennett, Krystal Seigerman, Arianne McNaught, Janet Tavener, Louise Whelan, Myles Nelson and Heather Corrigan.
Magda Szubanski AO
Biography
Magda Szubanski AO (b. 1961), actor and writer, was born in Liverpool, England and moved to Australia when she was four.
1 portrait in the collection
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.
NPPP 2013 learning resource
Learning resource archive
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2012. For secondary students.
Portrait 56
Autumn 2017
Magazine
Browse the history of the National Photographic Portrait Prize, Cayce Zavaglia's embroidered portraiture, and modern wedding photography!
Russell Crowe, 2001 (printed 2004)
Karin Catt
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005