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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Purchased 2010
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.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
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
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
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
Gary Grealy (b. 1950) has established himself over many years as one of Sydney’s leading commercial and portrait photographers with work commissioned by leading advertising agencies and major national and international clients.
11 portraits in the collection
Gary Catalano (1947-2002), poet and critic, was educated at Sydney’s Trinity Grammar and worked in a variety of jobs before a series of Australia Council grants in the late 1970s enabled him to devote himself full-time to writing.
3 portraits in the collection
Gary Foley (b. 1950) is a Gumbainggir activist, actor, historian, curator and academic.
2 portraits in the collection
Purchased 2018
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams in memory of Peta Brownbrooke-Benjamins 2018
Purchased 2018