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Bill Henson

'Scale and presence'
Portrait story

Photographer Bill Henson describes creating his three part portrait of Simone Young.

Simone Young, 2002 Bill Henson AO

Simone Young

Bill Henson AO
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Simone Young, 2002 Bill Henson AO

Simone Young

Bill Henson AO
Image
Simone Young, 2002 Bill Henson AO

Simone Young

Bill Henson AO
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Simone Young
Simone Young
Simone Young

Simone Young, 2002

Bill Henson AO
Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on on paper

Commissioned with funds from the Farrell Family Foundation and the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002

Untitled, 2020 Steph Fuller

The look and the feel

Living Memory exhibition essay
General content

Editor Stephen Phillips looks at the finalists' photographs through a judge's lens.

Simone Young

Conduct becoming

Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2017

Penelope Grist speaks to Bill Henson and Simone Young to discover the origins of the artist’s stunning photographic triptych.

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