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Echoing 19th-century photography, Rod McNicol's portraits give us a chance to look quietly at the human condition.

Australian photographer Rod McNicol has consistently analysed the passing of time through the evidence of the photographic portrait. At once confronting and tender, McNicol’s portrait photographs are bold and intimate. 

Christopher Chapman discusses Rod McNicol's photographic portrait series Newcomers to my village.

The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries that reflect the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.