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David Roberts
Prue Acton, 2012
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robin Wallace-Crabbe, Dianne Fogwell
Professor Peter Karmel, 1996
Portrait, etching
Gift of the artist 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove
Men of High Degree: Jim Everett – puralia meenamatta (clan plangermairreenner, Ben Lomond people, Cape Portland nation, north-east Tasmania), 2023
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, pigment photographic print on paper
Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program by Brenda L Croft in memory of Trugernanner (Truganini) and Tarenorerer (Walyer).
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples), 2023
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, digital scan to Ultrachrome pigment on paper
Purchased 2023
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
Matilda (Ngambri), 2020
Portrait, dye sublimation print on aluminium from tintype on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2020
Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton
blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021, 2022 (printed 2023)
Portrait, original wet plate collodion process tintype, digital scan to Ultrachrome pigment on paper
Purchased 2023
Margaret Woodward
Self portrait as Sarah Wisse, Transported, 1996
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Karmel family in memory of Lena and Peter Karmel 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
2018
Portrait Donors
Major Donors
$50,000+
Honour board
David Roberts
Biography
Melbourne-based photographer David Roberts was born in Forest City, Iowa, and graduated from Iowa State University with an honours degree in philosophy.
4 portraits in the collection
Doodles of the Diva
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Three tiny sketches of Dame Nellie Melba in the NPG collection were created by the artist who was to go on to paint the most imposing representation of the singer: Rupert Bunny.
Carla Zampatti
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2019
National Youth Self Portrait Prize
NYSPP 2010
Previous exhibition, 2010
An annual event, the National Youth Self Portrait Prize seeks to encourage young people to embrace self portraiture and its expressive possibilities.
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 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
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.