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Miranda Otto

Biography

Miranda Otto (b. 1967), actress, is the daughter of the prominent Australian actor Barry Otto.

3 portraits in the collection

Miranda Otto, 1997

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, direct positive colour photograph on paper

Gift of the artists 2003

Miranda Otto, 1997

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, direct positive colour photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artists 2003

Miranda Otto, 1997

Montalbetti + Campbell

Portrait, direct positive colour photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artists 2003

Wolfgang Franz Otto Blass

Biography

Wolfgang Franz Otto Blass was born in East Germany in 1934 and at 15 began an apprenticeship in wine making and viticulture in his grandfather’s vineyard.

1 portrait in the collection

Dichotomia, Barry Otto, 2008

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2010

Wolf Blass, Wolf Blass Wines, n.d.

Joe Greenberg

Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Eye to eye

Previous exhibition, 2019

Eye to Eye is a summer Portrait Gallery Collection remix arranged by degree of eye contact – from turned away with eyes closed all the way through to right-back-at-you – as we explore artists’ and subjects’ choices around the direction of the gaze.

Michele Aboud

Biography

Michele Aboud, commercial, fashion and portrait photographer, is a graduate of the Photographic College of London and UCLA.

1 portrait in the collection

Famous

Karin Catt Portraits

Previous exhibition, 2006

Australian photographer Karin Catt has photographed world leaders, a host of rock stars and Oscar-winning compatriots Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, and Cate Blanchett.

Terence Bogue

Biography

Terence Bogue specialises in the photography of art and craft for artists, galleries and museums.

1 portrait in the collection

Glossy - Faces Magazines Now

Previous exhibition, 1999

Magazines are the portrait galleries of the 90s... Glossy is about magazines. The exhibition presents the work of eight photographers, Australian by birth or long-term residency, who are producing portraits for publication in magazines around the world.

Maide Hann

Biography

Maide Hann (1924–2012) was the leading photographic model in Australia for several years after the Second World War.

2 portraits in the collection

Georges Antoni

Biography

Georges Antoni (b. 1975), fashion photographer, grew up in a small town in central Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

Anne-Louise Lambert as Miranda Courtesy Picnic Productions

Rock star

Magazine article by Jennifer Coombes, 2018

Jennifer Coombes explores the lush images of Picnic at Hanging Rock, featuring Anne-Louise Lambert’s Miranda, the face of the film.

Robyn Archer, 1982

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2003

Robyn Archer, 1990

George Gittoes AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Robyn Archer AO 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Mark Oliphant, c. 1948

Lotte Meitner-Graf

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ms Vivian Wilson 2004

9 lives of Karin Catt

Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2006

Australian photographer Karin Catt has shot across the spectrum of celebrity, her subjects including rock stars, world leaders and actors.

Henry Chamberlain Russell and family at Sydney Observatory

Henry Chamberlain Russell and family at Sydney Observatory, c. 1895

Charles Bayliss

Portrait, albumen silver photograph

Gift of Joanna Russell Maher (née Windeyer) 2018

Robyn Archer AO

Biography

Robyn Archer AO (b. 1948), performer, writer and director, began singing at four years old.

3 portraits in the collection

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam, 1986 (printed 2019)

Neil Duncan

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

E.O. Hoppé

Biography

Emil Otto Hoppe (1878–1972) is considered one of the most important and influential portrait and documentary photographers of the twentieth century.

2 portraits in the collection

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones, c. 1930

E.O. Hoppé

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2013

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009

Previous exhibition, 2009

In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.

Two pair

Magazine article by Dr Jacqui Strecker, 2008

Stuttgart's Art Museum is showing Otto Dix portraits alongside artists from Lucas Cranach to Andy Warhol.

Observation point

Magazine article by Tim Storrier, 2013

Tim Storrier describes the influences on the development of his artistic style.

Vivan Sundaram

by Rakhee Balaram

Artist essays

Born in 1943 in Simla, Vivan Sundaram’s long career has given him opportunities to work in a range of mediums – painting, installation, assemblage, photography, digital media and film.

Primed

Some Prime Ministers

Previous exhibition, 2019

Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.

20 20

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2017

Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Judy Davis and Sam Neill in ‘My Brilliant Career’, 1979 David Kynoch

Moving still

Magazine article by Anne O'Hehir, 2022

Anne O’Hehir on the seductive power of the film still to reflect and shape ourselves and our cultural landscape.

Trevor Jamieson, 2016 by Brett Canet-Gibson

The more things change...

NPPP 2017 exhibition essay

General content

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.

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