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Young Mo (Roy Rene)

An interview with Australian artist and collector of quirky artefacts, Martin Sharp.

Rene Rivkin, Stockbroker,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Young Mo (Roy Rene), 1977

Gift of Richard Wherrett 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Rene Primevere Lesson, c. 1830

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Pulangkita pitjangu (When the blanket came), 2019

Portrait of a Girl Eating, 2006

The eye and the heart

Nici Cumpston immerses herself in the collective vision of the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020.

Melanie Faith Dove

I had been watching Agnes with intrigue, her face and profile were so mesmerizing. On our final day together I pulled her aside and convinced her that she had such an amazing face that I needed to get a photograph for myself. It was very spontaneous in that I decided quickly how it would best look and shot it in only two frames.

To arrive at hope

Penelope Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2020 Prize.

Shadows of light

Mark Haworth-Booth explains why Bill Brandt is one of the most important British photographers of the Twentieth Century.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

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.

Oz and beyond

Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.