Portrait 26 / December 2007 - February 2008

Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.

Andrew Sayers feels the warmth in the paintings Matthew Perceval made while the sun shone in southern France.

The current exhibition of portraits at the National Gallery of Ireland Print Gallery investigates just how paper-thin ideas of likeness are.

Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.

Chris Chapman explains how Matthys Gerber bridges the gap between abstraction and portraiture.

The National Portrait Gallery acquired a beguiling silhouette group portrait by Samuel Metford, an English artist who spent periods of his working life in America.

A National Portrait Gallery, London exhibition redefines portraiture, shifting the focus towards a new perspective on Pop Art.

Naomi Cass, Director of the Centre of Contemporary Photography, in conversation with Anne Zahalka.