Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
After months of anticipation, the winner for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 has been announced with renowned Sydney portrait photographer Gary Grealy taking out the award. George Fetting, guest judge for the 2017 Prize, was entranced with the evocative nature of the winning portrait Richard Morecroft and Alison Mackay.
Portraits from The Movement is the first comprehensive survey of photographs from the Juno Gemes archive, which has supported the Aboriginal struggle for justice in Australia from 1978 to the present day.
Phillip Noyce (b. 1950), director, was part of the first student intake at the Australian Film and Television School in 1973.
2 portraits in the collection
Elaine Pelot-Syron grew up in Miami and came to Australia to teach English in 1971.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Jan and Gary Whyte, Brian and Barbara Crisp, Gloria Kurtze, Jonathon Mills and Lawsoft Pty Ltd 2011
A new portrait commission of Australian Rugby great, Ken Catchpole OAM by Gary Grealy will be officially unveiled on 3 December.
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Fred Lowry (1836-1863) was a stockman before he turned to cattle and horse duffing.
1 portrait in the collection
Marcia Ella (b. 1963) was the first Indigenous woman to play international netball for Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Raelene Sharp is a regular finalist in portrait prizes and has had works hung in the Shirley Hannan Prize, the Black Swan Prize and the Archibald.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian Dunlop studied at East Sydney Technical College and won the Le Gay Brereton Prize for Drawing while still a student.
7 portraits in the collection
Rolf de Heer (b. 1951) was born in Heemskerk, Holland, and migrated to Australia with his family in 1959.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Sir Jack Brabham OBE (b. 1926), racing car driver, was born in Hurstville, NSW, and studied mechanical engineering before working as a mechanic for the RAAF during WW2.
2 portraits in the collection
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