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Bill Henson
'Scale and presence'
Portrait story
Photographer Bill Henson describes creating his three part portrait of Simone Young.
Bill Henson AO
Biography
Bill Henson AO was only 19 when his photographs were first exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in his home city of Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Bill Henson AO
Simone Young, 2002
Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by the Farrell Family Foundation and the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002
Mark Lang
Bill Neidjie, 2000 (printed 2008)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2008
Simon Obarzanek
Bill Leak, 1999
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Evert Ploeg
Mr Movies - Bill Collins OAM, 2009
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of Joan Collins and the Todd-Wilson family in memory of Bill Collins 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Max Loudon
Bill May, 1976
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Juno Gemes
Bill Reid, 1979
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Paul Gosney
Bill Robertson, 2008
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Janet Dawson
Bill Hunter, 1974
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
William Fernyhough
Bill Worrall, Five Islands tribe, 1836
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Robert Edwards AO 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
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Bill Leak, 1984
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2011
Robert McFarlane
Norman O'Neill and Bill Lawry coming out to bat for Australia vs South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1964 (printed 2018)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Joe Greenberg
Bill Dix, Ford, Qantas,
Portrait, watercolour, coloured pencil, crayon, gouache, felt tipped pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Bill McAuley
Gough Whitlam, 1975 (printed 2010)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Bill McAuley
Ray Lawler, 2006 (printed 2010)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2010