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Free Range Cousins

by Jennifer Stocks

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016 Finalist

Sitters: Eli McKay, Mitch Stocks, Marli Pears, Will West Kennett, Dustin Stocks, Beau Stocks, Archie McKay, India Pears & Eden Stocks.

The obligatory 'cousin shot' during the school holidays has turned into so much more for me (the photographer and mother to four of the children in this image). This imperfect image perfectly reveals a great deal about each of these nine unique little humans.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016
(More information, View all 49 photos)

Fostin outside his mum's, Kings Park, Melbourne

Glitter and colour on the streets of Erskineville

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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.