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Feather and the Goddess Pool, 2014 by Natalie Grono

Feather and the Goddess Pool, 2014

by Natalie Grono
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Sisters Isla and Elki role-play as princesses, 2015 by Natalie Grono

Sisters Isla and Elki role-play as princesses, 2015

by Natalie Grono
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Tween Twilight, 2021 Natalie Grono

Tween Twilight

Natalie Grono
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Currents, 2016 by Natalie Ord

Currents, 2016

by Natalie Ord
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Dad, aged 73, 2019 Natalie Finney

Dad, aged 73, 2019

Natalie Finney
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Knox Rocket, 2018 by Natalie Nowotarsk

Knox Rocket, 2018

by Natalie Nowotarsk
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Tempe Manning Self-portrait 1939

A potpourri of portraits

Magazine article by Natalie Wilson, 2023

Archie 100 curator (and detective) Natalie Wilson’s nationwide search for Archibald portraits unearthed the fascinating stories behind some long-lost treasures.

Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia, 1999

Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Feather and the Goddess Pool, 2014 by Natalie Grono

Feather voted the people’s favourite

11 June 2015
Archived media releases 2015

The National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to announce that the People’s Choice award for this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize goes to Natalie Grono from Byron Bay for her photograph Feather and the Goddess Pool 2014.

Portrait of Ali, 2014 by Hoda Afshar

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015

Previous exhibition, 2015

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.

The Zammitt Family, 2021 Dr John Janson-Moore

The Zammitt Family

Dr John Janson-Moore
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Miranda Otto

Eye to eye

Previous exhibition, 2019

Eye to Eye is a summer Portrait Gallery Collection remix arranged by degree of eye contact – from turned away with eyes closed all the way through to right-back-at-you – as we explore artists’ and subjects’ choices around the direction of the gaze.

Elle Macpherson

Polly Borland

Australians
Previous exhibition, 2001

Polly Borland: Australians, is an exhibition of 54 new portraits of significant Australians who have made a contribution to British life and who have largely made their home or based their professional life in the UK

Paul Kelly

Face the Music

Previous exhibition, 2005

Australia has become recognised for the range and talent of its musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities in general associated with the music industry

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