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Annie Butler, 1859

Purchased 2019

Rose Scott, 1913

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

George Lambert, c. 1929

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Christopher Brennan, 1927

Purchased 2014

Annie Roberts, 1878

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Reg, Lesley, Glen and Paul Thoms 2011

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944

Purchased 2019

Florence Cardell-Oliver, n.d.

Gift of Chris Nielsen 2016

TW Edgeworth David and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1924

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Alfred Hill, c. 1911-1913

Gift of Catherine Dwyer 2021

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens, 1857

Purchased 2017

Jeff Carter with his dog Annie Rose at Foxground NSW, 2000 (printed 2017)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Charles Warman Roberts, 1878

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Thoms family 2011

Suzie Petyarre, 1994

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Martin Schoeller

German-born American photographer Martin Schoeller's first exhibition in Australia presents compelling large-scale portraits. The exhibition explores human identity through photographs of individuals accustomed and unaccustomed to the spotlight.

Richard Butler, 1859

Purchased 2019

Sarah and Ann Jacob, c. 1866

Purchased 2018

Charles John Fairfax, c. 1860

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Headspace 7

Headspace 7: Me and My Place, the seventh in the National Portrait Gallery's series of student exhibitions, will be presented at Commonwealth Place. Me and My Place is the curatorial theme for the 2006 exhibition.

George Judah Cohen, 1925

Gift of the National Australia Bank 2002

Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Edmund Jowett, 1917

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Hot Scots

James Holloway describes the first portraits you encounter when entering the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Steve Irwin, 2005

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Carol McGregor

Born: 1961, Hastings, New Zealand
Works: Brisbane

Vanity Fair Portraits

Vanity Fair Portraits traces the birth and evolution of photographic portraiture through the archives of Vanity Fair magazine.

Myles Nelson

It was definitely a candid encounter as was the expression on the face. It was constructed insofar as the image was deliberately taken from a distance so as to minimize intrusion and to magnify the effect of the image.

Barak, respected elder

Dr Christopher Chapman looks at the life of Wurundjeri elder William Barak through the portrait painted by Victor de Pury in 1899.

International issue

Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008

Arianne McNaught

I think the most important thing in capturing candid shots is to never take the photo when people are expecting you to press the shutter. The more poignant moments are not the stock standard images of people looking at the camera smiling but after or before when they are really interacting with each other.

Andrew Campbell

An interview with the photographer.

Crikey!

Robin Sellick captured a rare moment of quietude from the late conservation star Steve Irwin.

John McRae

An interview with the photographer.

Of human clay

The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.

A real Pratt

The death of a gentlewoman is shrouded in mystery, a well-liked governor finds love after sorrow, and two upright men become entangled in the historical record.

The God-shaped hole

Exploring the photographs of Martin Schoeller, Michael Desmond delves into the uneasy pact that exists between celebrity and the camera.

Cooey! An Australian Song

"Coo-ey, Coo-ey, Coo-ey, Coo-ey—Love has caught the strain, Coo-ey, Coo-ey, Coo-ey, Coo-ey—it whispers back again." The “Australian lady” who composed these fruity lyrics was none other than Desda— Jane Davies, sometime Messiter (née Price) of Leddicott, Lavender Bay.

The Vanity model

Vanity Fair Editor David Friend describes how the rebirth of the magazine sated our desire for access into the lives of celebrities and set the standard for the new era of portrait photography.

Maria Caroline Brownrigg

At first glance, this small watercolour group portrait of her two sons and four daughters by Maria Caroline Brownrigg (d. 1880) may seem prosaic, even hesitant

Less than six degrees of separation

Dr Anne Sanders NPG Curatorial Researcher investigated the lives of the pioneering psychologists whose portraits are featured in Inner Worlds.

Rock art

Andrew Mayo talks to three of Australia’s most prominent and prolific music photographers — Martin Philbey, Kane Hibberd and Daniel Boud — about the challenges and inspiration behind their craft.

Hard truths

Jennifer Higgie reveals how Alice Neel reinvigorated 20th century portraiture with her honest and perceptive depictions of the human experience.

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