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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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Blow Back

Blow Back

Blow Back

Blow Back, 2018

Portrait, pigment photographic prints on paper, hand ground glass

Gift of the artist 2024. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Adut, The Studio Series, 2015 Atong Atem

Icons and Identities

General content

It’s often thought that foremost among portraiture’s many functions is the documentation of individuals who are celebrated and familiar, or who best exemplify the temper and identity of a certain place at a certain time.

Sammy Dodd

2022 Annual Appeal

In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.

Seven sisters song Kaylene Whiskey

You are who?

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2022

Joanna Gilmour reflects on merging collections and challenging traditional assumptions around portraiture in WHO ARE YOU.

Penelope Seidler

Penelope Seidler

Penelope Seidler

Penelope Seidler, 2019 (printed 2021)

Portrait, pigment ink print on paper

Purchased 2021

Pat Corrigan

Pat Corrigan

Pat Corrigan

Pat Corrigan, 2007 (printed 2021)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2021

Chandler Coventry

Chandler Coventry

Chandler Coventry

Chandler Coventry, 1999

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2021

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters, 1999

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2021

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher

Betty Churcher, 1994

Portrait, ilfochrome photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2021

Susan Norrie

Susan Norrie

Susan Norrie

Susan Norrie, 1994

Portrait, ilfochrome photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2021

Wendy Whiteley

Wendy Whiteley

Wendy Whiteley

Wendy Whiteley, 1993

Portrait, ilfochrome photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2021

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Annual Appeal

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Portrait Donors

First-Class Marksman, 1946 by Sidney Nolan

Money for Myth

Magazine article by Jane Raffan, 2015

Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.

Marilyn Darling interview video: 2 minutes

Marilyn Darling

by Anne Zahalka

Marilyn Darling talks about the creation of her portrait, and the photographic process.

Home 6, Hedy Zahalka, 2006 by Anne Zahalka

Home 6, Hedy Zahalka, 2006

by Anne Zahalka

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