Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The exhibition Australians in Hollywood celebrated the achievements of Australians in the highly competitive American film industry.
Although perceived to be a recent phenomenon, the 'Aussie invasion' of Hollywood can actually be traced as far back as the early 1900s
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003
This is the first major exhibition to examine photographic portraiture in Australia, from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day
Damien Parer (1912-1944), photographer and filmmaker, became friends with Max Dupain in the thirties, often taking photographs with him on excursions to the beach and bush.
2 portraits in the collection
