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Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)

The choices of a modern woman

It's Complicated

When opposites attract

Benjamin Law, Serena Bentley, Leigh Robb

Judges statements

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The judges for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 are Benjamin Law, Serena Bentley and Leigh Robb.

Angus Trumble National Portrait Gallery Director

National Portrait Gallery Director announced

20 December 2013

Archived media releases 2013

The National Portrait Gallery welcomes Angus Trumble

15 minutes of frame

NPG London, Scotland and Australia, 28 January 2021

Recorded virtual programs

Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.

Abduction/The Forest, 2009 © Pushpamala N.

Pushpamala N

Pushpamala N. was born in 1956 in Bangalore. Her early training was in sculpture, but as her practice progressed she brought an early enthusiasm for narrative figuration into her photographic work.

Blue Tongue, 2025 Natalie Grono

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025

Primary teachers resource

Learning resources

The portraits in this resource have been chosen to spark discussion, encourage exploration and invite creativity for students in Years 3–6.

Individuation - Persona, 2024 Michael Cook

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025

Secondary teachers resource

Learning resources

The portraits in this resource have been chosen to prompt discussion, critical reflection and creative responses from students in secondary years.

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Portrait Donors

National Portrait Gallery

History

How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be

The Art Lovers - Megan, 2013 by Gary Grealy

Everybody, look serious

NPPP 2014 exhibition essay

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

Lesley Harding

Faces of war

Lecture, 14 May 2011

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Lesley Harding, Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne explores Albert Tucker’s experience of World War II, his interests in the intersection between psychology and creativity, and their influence on his portrait making.

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