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Pat Cash
Biography
Pat Cash (b. 1965), professional tennis player, emerged as a potential top-ten player as a teenager, when he won the junior doubles at the French Open, the junior singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon, and the US Open junior singles – all within a few months of each other in 1982.
1 portrait in the collection
Pat Cash, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
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Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2011
Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
Felix, Petty Cash Café Marrickville, 2019
Fiona Wolf-Symeonides
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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025
Upcoming exhibition
The NPPP is an annual prize for Australian photographers. The year’s most outstanding photographic portrait is awarded a $30,000 cash prize and photographic equipment valued at $20,000 courtesy of our Imaging Partner, Canon Australia.
Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2015
Previous exhibition, 2015
An annual event to extend traditional notions of portraiture and foster emerging artists with an interest in contemporary technology.
Interview with Ilya Milstein
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An interview with Ilya Milstein, winner of the Macquarie Digital Portraiture Cash Award 2015
The Wandering Jew
by Ilya Milstein
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Cash prize winner, MDPA 2015
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024
Previous exhibition, 2024
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 celebrates established and emerging artistic talent from across the country.
National Photographic Portrait Prize
Prizes and awards
The NPPP is an annual prize for Australian photographers. The year’s most outstanding photographic portrait is awarded a $30,000 cash prize and photographic equipment valued at $20,000 courtesy of our Imaging Partner, Canon Australia.
Canon Australia takes National Photographic Portrait Prize first place to new heights
5 September 2018
Archived media releases 2018
Entries are now open for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019, with the winner set to receive $52,000 in cash and prizes, including superb contributions from new sponsor, Canon Australia.
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Prizes
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Thanks to Canon Australia, the Winner of the NPPP 2020 will be awarded over $50,000 in prizes. Thanks to Eizo, the Highly Commended winner will receive a ColorEdge monitor, and the winner of the Art Handlers' Award will receive $2,000 thanks to IAS Fine Art Logistics.
Darling Portrait Prize 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
The Darling Prize is a new biennial prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
John Laws, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999