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Commissioned with funds provided by the Farrell Family Foundation and the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002
Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Purchased 2010
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022
An exhibition of photographs by John Witzig, drawings by Nicholas Harding and film footage by Albe Falzon, expressive of the free-spirited, hot-blooded energy of Australian surfers under the cloud of conscription to Vietnam.
Penelope Grist speaks to Bill Henson and Simone Young to discover the origins of the artist’s stunning photographic triptych.
Bon Scott and Angus Young photographed by Rennie Ellis are part of a display celebrating summer and images of the shirtless male.
Purchased 2010
Gary Ede, born in California, began his photographic career in London in the 1970s, photographing authors and celebrities for book publishers.
20 portraits in the collection
Gary Ella (b. 1960) is a Yuin and Bidjigal man who grew up in La Perouse with eleven siblings.
1 portrait in the collection
Gary Heery, photographer, was born in Sydney, where he studied sociology and psychology at the University of New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection