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Harold Cazneaux, 1928
Monte Luke
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Luke Cornish
'I love getting into the Salon as a street artist because the whole ethos of that award is the refused, the rejected'
Portrait story
Luke Cornish, aka E.L.K. describes his street art and portraiture
Luke Cornish
Biography
Luke Cornish (b. 1979) is a Sydney-based handmade stencil artist. A self-described former blue-collar worker from Canberra, under the name of E.L.K he began experimenting with stencil cutting and spray paint in his mid-twenties.
1 portrait in the collection
Bob Hawke, 2012
Luke Cornish
Portrait, hand-cut acetate stencil, aerosol enamel on canvas
Purchased 2013
Romance Was Born
'It feels how we imagined it'
Portrait story
Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales on forming Romance Was Born, and the inspiration behind their portrait by Samuel Hodge.
Romance Was Born, 2025
Samuel Hodge
Portrait, photographic installation, collaged pigment prints, wallpaper
Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie 2025
Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave, 1998 (printed 2020)
Dominique Issermann
Portrait, inkjet print on Hanhnemühle paper
Purchased 2022
Gervaise Purcell
Biography
Gervaise Purcell was a commercial photographer specialising in fashion.
1 portrait in the collection
Rosie Batty AO
Biography
Rosie Batty AO (b. 1962), campaigner against family violence, became well known to the Australian public in early 2014, when her eleven-year-old son Luke was murdered by his father as she stood waiting to take him home from cricket practice.
1 portrait in the collection
Hiljaisuus: Four Walks, 2016
by Luke Aleksandrow
General content
Finalist, DPA 2016
Lady Florence Packer
Biography
Lady Florence Packer (1915-2012) was born in Paris to Edmond Porges, a major in the British Army, and his Russian wife Marie-Mathilde Brodsky.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Packer, 1968
Cecil Beaton
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Florence Packer 2004
Hélène Kirsova, 1937
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Hélène Kirsova, 1938
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Hélène Kirsova with a rope, 1937
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Tamara Tchinarova
Biography
Tamara Tchinarova (1919–2017), dancer, was one of the original 'baby ballerinas' of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo.
2 portraits in the collection