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E. J. Carroll

E. J. Carroll

E. J. Carroll

E. J. Carroll, c. 1920

Habenicht photography studio

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Jan Carroll 2019

The Last Picture Show (Lewis Morley and Henry Talbot)

Reveries

Photography and mortality

Previous exhibition, 2007

Featuring works by Australian and New Zealand photographers from the late 1970s up to the present day Reveries focuses on images made in the presence of or consciousness of death.

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester

Photography and filming

Plan your visit

As long as it for personal use, you can take photos and videos of any of the portraits (except the ones with the No Photos icon).

Sir Ian Potter

Mark Strizic

A Journey in Photography

Previous exhibition, 2004

This exhibition traces the creative output of nearly 50 years by one of Australia's landmark living photographers.

Stan Coster, Manilla, NSW

Thousand Mile Stare

Portrait photography by John Elliott

Previous exhibition, 2004

Thousand mile stare provides a unique portrait of people of rural Australia

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester

Depth of Field

Portrait Photography from the Collection

Previous exhibition, 2004

Over the last five years the National Portrait Gallery has developed a collection of portrait photographs that reflects both the strength and diversity of Australian achievement as well as the talents of our photographers.

Portrait of Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke (Sass & Bide)

Photography

Google Arts and Culture

Learning resources

The images and themes in this resource are designed to provide inspiration and to encourage critical thinking. For Year 11 and 12 students.

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Nigel Brennan

Nigel Brennan studied photography at Griffith University and works primarily in photo-documentary.

1 portrait in the collection

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Ellen Dahl

Ellen Dahl (b. 1968) grew up in Hammerfest in Norway and studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California.

1 portrait in the collection

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Dr Elisa deCourcy

Dr Elisa deCourcy (b. 1986) is an art historian, specialising in the nineteenth-century history of photography.

1 portrait in the collection

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Terence Bogue

Terence Bogue specialises in the photography of art and craft for artists, galleries and museums.

1 portrait in the collection

Lindy Lee - Birth and Death, 2006 by Robert Scott-Mitchell

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2007

Previous exhibition, 2007

Photography is the most pervasive and popular medium for portraiture and makes a natural fit with the Gallery, being a natural extension of the Gallery's longstanding commitment to photography as a contemporary portrait medium.

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Peter Fisher

Peter Fisher has been one of Australia's foremost commercial photographers over the past 25 years.

1 portrait in the collection

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Rob Tuckwell

Rob Tuckwell is a Sydney based photographer with a specialisation in architectural photography.

3 portraits in the collection

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Marian Drew

Brisbane-based Marian Drew (b. 1960) is a photographic artist and Adjunct Associate Professor in Photography at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.

1 portrait in the collection

Deborah Mailman

Portrait Allsorts

In Gallery Seven

Previous exhibition, 2020

Offering portraiture in all its flavours: painting, photography, drawing, textiles, printmaking and sculpture, this exhibition is a feast for minds and eyes.

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