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The story behind the creation of the portrait of Helen Garner by Jenny Sages.
The story behind Rick Amor's portrait of Professor Peter Doherty.
John Elliott talks about his photographic portrait practice, including his iconic image of Slim Dusty arm-in-arm with Dame Edna Everage.
Angus Trumble’s tribute to the late Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser.
Australian actress Deborah Mailman is the subject of a unique portrait by Evert Ploeg.
Dr Christopher Chapman looks at the life of Wurundjeri elder William Barak through the portrait painted by Victor de Pury in 1899.
Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.
The Tate/SFMOMA exhibition Exposed examined the role of photography in voyeurism and how it challenges ideas of privacy and propriety.
Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.
Whether the result of misadventure or misdemeanour, many accomplished artists were transported to Australia where they ultimately left a positive mark on the history of art in this country.
Tony Curran ponders whether our phones can change the course of painting.
Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.
Henry Mundy's portraits flesh out notions of propriety and good taste in a convict colony.
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.