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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Samantha Harris, 2010 by Hamish Ta-mé

Samantha Harris, 2010

by Hamish Ta-mé
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The Chameleon IV, 2015 by Samantha McAdam-Cooper

The Chameleon IV, 2015

by Samantha McAdam-Cooper
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Samantha Cook
Samantha Cook
Samantha Cook

Samantha Cook, c. 2000

Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Samantha Nimunburr Wyborn
Samantha Nimunburr Wyborn
Samantha Nimunburr Wyborn

Samantha Nimunburr Wyborn, c. 2000

Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

The press conference, 2010 by Jeremy Thompson

The press conference, 2010

by Jeremy Thompson
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I’m Here, 2017 by Samantha Sommariva, video: 4 minutes

I’m Here, 2017

by Samantha Sommariva
General content

Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video

Looking Down, 2022 Sarah Depta

Looking Down

Sarah Depta
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Theodore Twombly by Alice Carroll

A.I.

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2015

Christopher Chapman ponders our digital identity and selfhood.

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Selfie Factory, 2017 by Ralph Kenke and Elmar Trefz, video: 3 minutes

Finalists Announced for Digitial Portraiture Award 2017

23 October 2017
Archived media releases 2017

The National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to announce nine finalists have been selected from the national call for entries for the Digital Portraiture Award 2017.

Face of South Sudan, 2012 by Melanie Faith Dove

Melanie Faith Dove

Finalist interviews

I had been watching Agnes with intrigue, her face and profile were so mesmerizing. On our final day together I pulled her aside and convinced her that she had such an amazing face that I needed to get a photograph for myself. It was very spontaneous in that I decided quickly how it would best look and shot it in only two frames.

Ken Done, 2016 by Mark Mohell

Ken Done

Explore The Popular Pet Show

With a mum who was married to a tradie, you’d think it a fair chance that the baby Jesus would have grown up with a dog in the house.

Hugo at home (Hugo Weaving)

Nicholas Harding

28 Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2017

Nicholas Harding: 28 portraits features paintings of Robert Drewe, John Bell and Hugo Weaving alongside gorgeously coloured recent oil portraits, delicate gouaches and bold ink and charcoal drawings.

Ruby (left view), 2022 Shea Kirk

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

Previous exhibition, 2023

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

David Marr, 2011 by Nicholas Harding

Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits

Exhibition essay
General content

Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.

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