I met Kaloti Parmjit the day I took the photo. I first visited the Sikh temple in the suburb of Glenwood to take photos as part of a social documentary project I'm undertaking for the State Library of NSW.
The second row of paintings recall stories relating to specific sites, experiences and activities.
Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie 1887 by Frederick Woodhouse Snr. is a portrait of James Scobie, well known jockey and eminent horse trainer.
In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
At the time of Herra Pahlasari’s birth in 1978, her academic parents were living in Canberra.
The art of Australia’s colonial women painters affords us an invaluable, alternative perspective on the nascent nation-building project.
Sir William Dobell painted the portraits of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and Sir Hudson Fysh, who did much to promote the image of Australia in this country and abroad.
Joanna Gilmour profiles the life and times of the shutter sisters May and Mina Moore.
Gael Newton delves into the life and art of renowned Australian photographer, Max Dupain.
In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.
The name of Florence Broadhurst, one of Australia’s most significant wallpaper and textile designers, is now firmly cemented in the canon of Australian art and design.
Works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan bring the desert, the misty seashore and the hot Monaro plains to exhibition Open Air: Portraits in the landscape.
The world of Thea Proctor was the National Portrait Gallery's second exhibition to follow the life of a single person, following Rarely Everage: The lives of Barry Humphries.
Michael Desmond, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2007 Prize.
Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.
