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Portrait 54

Spring 2016

Untitled (girl on chair with red shoes) by Violet Frisby

Finding Mrs Frisby

by Robyn Sweaney

Robyn Sweaney's quiet Violet obsession.

Portrait of Private Edward Lello 1915 by Darge Photographic Company

Final frame

by Karl James

Karl James reflects on soldier portraiture during the Great War.

Nan and Brian in bed, New York City 1983 © Nan Goldin

Love scars

by Katrina Osborne

Katrina Osborne immerses herself in one of photography’s most fearless chronicles.

Living landscape

by Gillian Raymond

Gillian Raymond ponders landscapes as self-portraiture in Michael Taylor’s intimate expressionism.

Adam’s Prize Apples

by Pamela Gerrish Nunn

Pamela Gerrish Nunn explores New Zealand’s premium award for portraiture.

Showing character

by Joanna Gilmour

Joanna Gilmour on Tom Durkin playing with Melbourne's manhood.

Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior 1804–06 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Political profiles

by Joanna Gilmour

Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.