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Fruitful fusion
In the one hundred years since Federation, Australia has produced twenty-five Prime Ministers of all shapes, shades and sizes
Andrew Cowen on photographing his friend Matthew Martin.
The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries that reflect the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
This issue of Portrait Magazine features the Reveries: On Photography and Mortality exhibition, Peter Cosgrove, Martin Sharp, Terence Tao and more.
This issue features Martin Schoeller, Bess Norriss Tait, Emanuel Solomon and the sisters of St Joseph, Rennie Ellis and AC/DC, John Brack and more.
The eight photographers represent diverse styles, specialities and career paths. Abigail Varney, Peter Brew-Bevan, Martin Philbey, John Tsiavis, Michelle Day, Julian Kingma, and Giovanni Lovisetto.
Alec Murray was a photographer whose Alec Murray's Album: Personalities of Australia was published by Sydney Ure Smith in about 1948.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2009
Gift of Dr Brenda Niall AO 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Brenda Niall AO (b. 1930), writer, academic and reviewer, is one of Australia's foremost biographers.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased with funds provided by Tim Bednall 2021
Martin Philbey’s portrait of Dan Sultan.
This exhibition goes behind-the-scenes and into the spotlight with professional photographers and the stars of Australian television, music and comedy. Whether negotiating the logistics of a big publicity shoot or quietly capturing moments on set during filming, the photographers' stories are intriguing and compelling.
Aspects of singer songwriter Paul Kelly’s performance persona are communicated by portraits selected from a range of artists and leading music photographers in this focus exhibition.