Athol Shmith’s photographs contributed to the emergence of a new vision of Australian womanhood.
Sarah Engledow trains her exacting lens on the nine photographs from 20/20.
Esther Erlich’s portrait of Lady McMahon.
Lesley Harding, Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne explores Albert Tucker’s experience of World War II, his interests in the intersection between psychology and creativity, and their influence on his portrait making.
Long after the portraitist became indifferent to her, and died, a beguiling portrait hung over its subject.
Bess Norriss Tait created miniature watercolour portraits full of character and life.
Judith Pugh reflects on Clifton Pugh's approach to portrait making.
Dr Christopher Chapman NPG Curator of Inner Worlds explains the development of an exhibition that spans from Surrealism to contemporary art.
Michael Desmond introduces some of the ideas behind the exhibition Present Tense: An imagined grammar of portraiture in the digital age.
One half of the team that was Eltham Films left scarcely a trace in the written historical record, but survives in a vivid portrait.
Representations of the inhabitants of the new world expose the complexities of the colonisers' intentions.
Editor Stephen Phillips looks at the finalists' photographs through a judge's lens.
Joanna Gilmour explores the stories behind the ninteenth-century carte de visites of bushrangers Frank Gardiner and Fred Lowry.
Penelope Grist charts an immersive path through Stuart Spence’s photography.
Dr Anne Sanders NPG Curatorial Researcher investigated the lives of the pioneering psychologists whose portraits are featured in Inner Worlds.
James Angus discusses his major sculpture commission Geo Face Distributor with Christopher Chapman.
