Axel Poignant (1906-1986) photographer, was born in England. His mother was English, his father Swedish.
4 portraits in the collection
Purchased 2003
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Purchased 1999
Absence rends the heart asunder
Wartime romance
Eleven works by Brett Whiteley, centred around his scintillating 'Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979-1980'.
Marian Anderson, emerging photographer Charles Dennington, piscatorial portraits, and the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou and more.
Dymphna Clark (1916-2000), linguist, translator, chatelaine and matriarch, was born Hilma Dymphna Lodewyckx.
1 portrait in the collection
I think the most important thing in capturing candid shots is to never take the photo when people are expecting you to press the shutter. The more poignant moments are not the stock standard images of people looking at the camera smiling but after or before when they are really interacting with each other.
This year, Shelley Xue 阿谊 (ah Yi) 2024 has been selected the winner for the 2024 NPPP Art Handlers’ award.
Striking, beautiful portraiture comes out of the most thoroughly documented creative process there is – filmmaking. In a ground-breaking collaboration the National Portrait Gallery and National Film and Sound Archive invite you into this captivating realm between real and fictional worlds.
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 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.