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Surfing, Noosa, 1970s Stuart Spence

The play’s the thing

About Face article

Penelope Grist charts an immersive path through Stuart Spence’s photography.
Peter Garrett, Midnight Oil, 1986 Bob King

The Mosh Pit

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More photographs by Bob King, Stuart Spence, 'pling, Tony Mott, and Wendy McDougall.
Divinyls, Sydney, c.1988 Stuart Spence

Divinyls, Sydney, c.1988

Stuart Spence
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Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988 Stuart Spence

Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988

Stuart Spence
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The Triffids, Sydney, c.1986 Stuart Spence

The Triffids, Sydney, c.1986

Stuart Spence
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Mark Seymour, Hunters and Collectors, Phoenician Club, Sydney '92, 1992 Stuart Spence

Mark Seymour, Hunters and Collectors, Phoenician Club, Sydney '92

Stuart Spence
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Ian Moss, Cold Chisel, Sylvania Hotel, Sydney, c. 1980 Stuart Spence

Ian Moss, Cold Chisel, Sylvania Hotel, Sydney, c. 1980

Stuart Spence
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Julie Mostyn, Flaming Hands, The Cronulla Workers' Club, Sydney, c. 1981 Stuart Spence

Julie Mostyn, Flaming Hands, The Cronulla Workers' Club, Sydney, c. 1981

Stuart Spence
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Marc Hunter, Dragon. Sylvania Hotel, Sydney c. 1979 Stuart Spence

Marc Hunter, Dragon. Sylvania Hotel, Sydney c. 1979

Stuart Spence
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INXS, Sydney 1985 Stuart Spence

INXS, Sydney 1985

Stuart Spence
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Dorland Bray and Deborah Conway, Do-Re-Mi. Sydney c.1985 Stuart Spence

Dorland Bray and Deborah Conway, Do-Re-Mi. Sydney c.1985

Stuart Spence
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Trevor Jamieson, 2016 by Brett Canet-Gibson

The more things change...

NPPP 2017 exhibition essay
General content

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.
NPPP finalists

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Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2017

Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe, 1995 (printed 2016)

Stuart Spence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

Ningali Lawford-Wolf
Ningali Lawford-Wolf
Ningali Lawford-Wolf

Ningali Lawford-Wolf, 1996 (printed 2016)

Stuart Spence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016

The Art Lovers - Megan, 2013 by Gary Grealy

Everybody, look serious

NPPP 2014 exhibition essay
General content

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.
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Stuart Spence

Biography

Stuart Spence (b. 1960) born in Geelong, Victoria, established his career in Sydney during the 1980s and 1990s, as a magazine photographer specialising in celebrity portraiture.

2 portraits in the collection

Peter O'Doherty, 2013 by Stuart Spence

Peter O'Doherty, 2013

by Stuart Spence
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