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Jimmy & Jane Barnes and Jesse Lizotte

'All you need is love'

Jimmy & Jane Barnes with photographer Jesse Lizotte on collaborating and making their photograph in a bed of roses.

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes, 2020

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2022

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jimmy Barnes AO

Jimmy Barnes AO (b. 1956), singer/songwriter, is a solo performer and the former lead singer of the quintessential Australian pub band, Cold Chisel.

3 portraits in the collection

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Jimmy Barnes, 1986

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, hand coloured on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2012

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1984

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of John McLean 2008

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

Jane Barnes

Jane Barnes (b. 1958), musician, was born in Bangkok. After her parents' divorce, she spent her childhood travelling around the world with her diplomat stepfather, mother and two sisters, living in Australia, Italy, Russia, New Guinea, Kiribati, Malta and Malaysia.

1 portrait in the collection

Jimmy Little, Sydney

Jimmy Little AO

Jimmy Little AO (1937–2012), singer, actor and advocate, was a Yorta Yorta man raised at the Cummerangunja Mission near the Murray River, New South Wales.

3 portraits in the collection

Jimmy Wululu

Jimmy Wululu

Jimmy Wululu (1936-2005) was a Gupapuyngu (Yolgnu) painter and sculptor.

1 portrait in the collection

Jimmy Ah Foo

Jimmy Ah Foo

Jimmy Ah Foo

Jimmy Ah Foo, 2017

Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing

Purchased 2019

Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event

Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event

Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event

Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event, 2000

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Jimmy Wululu

Jimmy Wululu

Jimmy Wululu

Jimmy Wululu, 1986

Martin van der Wal

Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper

Purchased 2005

Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little, 2003

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Jimmy Little, Sydney

Jimmy Little, Sydney

Jimmy Little, Sydney

Jimmy Little, Sydney, 2004

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2005

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn, 2006 (printed 2012)

Jimmy Pozarik OAM

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Our First Lesson, 2022 Jimmy Widders Hunt

Our First Lesson

Jimmy Widders Hunt

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