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Jessica Hromas
Biography
Jessica Hromas is a Sydney-based freelance photographer specialising in portraiture, corporate photography, photojournalism and arts coverage.
2 portraits in the collection
Maria Polly Cutmore, 2021
Jessica Hromas
Portrait, pigment print on Hahnemühle photorag metallic paper
Purchased 2022
Dame Roma Mitchell, 1998
Jessica Hromas
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hammond Care Group 1999
Jessica Mauboy
Biography
Jessica Mauboy (b. 1989), Darwin-born singer, songwriter and actor, is a descendant of the KuKu Yalanji nation of Far North Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Jessica Mauboy
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2018
Jessica Mauboy, 2018
David Rosetzky
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018
Sketches and sermons
Magazine article by Jessica Smith, 2009
Jessica Smith looks at the 'fetching' portrait of Tasmania's first Anglican Bishop, Francis Russell Nixon by George Richmond
Jessica Mauboy
'Chaos and stillness'
Portrait story
Singer, songwriter and actress Jessica Mauboy with artist David Rosetzky.
Hump days
Magazine article by Jessica Bolton, 2017
Jessica Bolton navigates the parallel tracks documenting Robyn Davidson’s astonishing journey.
Jessica Hromas
Finalist interviews
An interview with Jessica Hromas, Finalist in the Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Jessica Mauboy, 2018
by David Rosetzky
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018
Living Memory
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2021
Previous exhibition, 2021
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Art Handlers' Award 2021
James & Jessica
General content
The Art Handlers' Award for 2021 went to Kristina Kraskov for I'm just a suburban fashionista.
Art Handlers' Award 2020
James & Jessica
General content
The Art Handlers' Award for 2020 went to Gemma Baxter (right view), 2019 by Shea Kirk.
Now and then
Polly Cutmore
Magazine article, 2023
Photographed 35 years apart, these two portraits offer both a timeline of, and thematic thread for, Maria (Polly) Cutmore’s life – from a young woman to a respected Gomeroi Elder.
Before hand
The private life of a portrait
Previous exhibition, 2020
Revealing the backstories behind the NPG collection, Before hand features interviews with artists and sitters as well as working drawings, scrapbooks, sketches and footage taken in artists’ studios and out on location.