Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Two professionals; Australian surfer Layne Beachley and photographer Petrina Hicks, combine their strengths to achieve a remarkable portrait.
This issue features Vanity Fair, Nancy Bird Walton, William Barak, Sidney Kidman, Benjamin Duterrau's portraits of the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania, and more.
Sarah Engledow plays wingman to Leila Jeffreys.
The design concepts behind the new National Portrait Gallery building in Canberra.
Christopher Chapman delights in the intimacy of Robert Mapplethorpe's photography
Barbara Blackman reflects on her experiences as a life model.
The exhibition Depth of Field displays a selection of portrait photographs that reflect the strength and diversity of Australian achievement.
![[Self-portrait], 1996](/files/5/e/2/e/i2030-slq.jpg "[Self-portrait], 1996")
The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.
Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.
Chris O'Doherty, also known as Reg Mombassa, is best-known for his Mambo imagery but he also paints a lot of self portraits.
Joanna Gilmour describes how artist Sam Leach works on a small scale to grand effect.
Penny Grist on motivation, method and melancholy in the portraiture of Darren McDonald.
An exploration of national identity in the Canadian context drawn from the symposium Face to Face at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2004.
Long after the portraitist became indifferent to her, and died, a beguiling portrait hung over its subject.
Sarah Engledow describes the fall-out once Brett Whiteley stuck Patrick White’s list of his loves and hates onto his great portrait of the writer.
Angus Trumble reflects on the force of nature that was Helena Rubinstein.
Joanna Gilmour explores the life and times of convict-turned-artist William Buelow Gould.
Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.
