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From riot to revelry

Pride, protest, panache

Of plague and portraits

Corinna Cullen on the symbolic power of pandemic-related imagery over the ages.

Poof, Gay Mardi Gras, 1984

Nexus, Gay Mardi Gras, 1981

Seduce, Amuse, Entertain

Michael Desmond, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2007 Prize.

Portrait Donors

Geoffrey Rush, 2006

Patrick White by William Yang

An interview with photographer William Yang who recalls his encounters with the author Patrick White.

White Whiteley

Eleven works by Brett Whiteley, centred around his scintillating 'Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979-1980'.

Portrait 29

This issue of Portrait Magazine includes William Bligh, Lionel Rose, Richard Larter, Layne Beachley, William Yang and more.

Lust for life

Celebrated Sydney-based photographer and performer William Yang was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to produce a new performance work that premiered at the opening of the Gallery's new building.

Seduce Amuse Entertain

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

Reveries

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.

Reveries

The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.

Australian Visit

The exhibition will include works of art from the NPG Canberra's permanent collection with some inward loans and aims to highlight the achievements of notable Australians.

To Look Within

This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present