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good morning and welcome to the national

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portrait gallery and our launch of

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living memory the national photographic

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portrait prize for 2021

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thanks for joining us

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my name is tara i work here at the

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portrait gallery and i'll be your

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somewhat nervous host for this very

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special event today please be kind

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i'd like to extend a really warm welcome

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from a super cold canberra morning it

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was minus four here this morning when i

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was scraping the ice off my car to come

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to work

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so we'd like to extend a warm welcome to

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everyone joining us from all around

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australia

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we'd particularly like to welcome those

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of you who are joining us currently in

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lockdown you're in our thoughts

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and we really can't wait when it's safe

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to welcome your smiling faces back to

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the gallery again

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soon please

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um also

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a really extra special welcome

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to all of the amazing finalists for the

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national photographic portrait prize

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i know you're all nervously awaiting

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this announcement

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i've been nervous always too um

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i've been living on a steady diet of

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jelly snakes and coffee

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much to the annoyance of my co-workers

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it's been a little hypo

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so you're just in our thoughts and we

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know you're super nervous and we just

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can't wait for you all to enjoy the show

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that we've all put together

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the national poetry gallery here in

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canberra stands on nunawal and ambry

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land

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and i'd like to pay my respects to their

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elders past present and emerging

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i'd also like to extend the same

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respects to the traditional owners from

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all the lands on which you join us from

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today

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it is with great sadness that the

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portrait gallery would like to

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acknowledge the passing of a significant

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indigenous artist and activist

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his stunning portrait by photographer

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mihal sarkis is in the living memory

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exhibition

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out of respect for the family and the

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community of this artist

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the subject shall remain unnamed and the

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portrait will remain covered until such

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as the time it can be unveiled

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we thank you for your understanding

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so the national photographic portrait

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prize

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it can be quite a mouthful so here we

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call it n triple p

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because if you say national photographic

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portrait prize 28 times in a meeting you

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run out of air really quickly

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so n triple p to us uh it's a beloved

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part of the whole national portrait

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gallery culture

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it's now in its 14th year can you

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believe it and we know it's beloved in

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the australian arts community as well

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it's always managed to convey a really

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uniquely australian experience of the

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year that was

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and a really contemporary view of

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australian faces

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so the planning for this year's npp 2021

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took place at a really uncertain time

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the portrait gallery along with the rest

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of australia was in lockdown

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and we were

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working remotely

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but we really felt more than ever we had

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to deliver these prizes away of everyone

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to express through their arts what we'd

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all been collectively going through

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at such a time of uncertainty

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and for us witnessing our communities

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and particularly

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our photographic and artist communities

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loss of connection and their very

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livelihoods

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we knew we had to do something really

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special to give back and so the concept

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of this year's exhibition living memory

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was born

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we aim to make it bigger than ever

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before we wanted to support more artists

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than any previous exhibition

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and we wanted to give back to the

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creative community and we've been able

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to do so

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thanks to the generous support of our

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amazing sponsors

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and also a new series of mentorships and

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more awards than ever

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so for us it was a really big ask

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and we took the ball by the horns and i

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really think we've delivered

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so this year the prize has double the

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amount of artworks in it so double we've

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got 79 artworks hanging on our walls

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we rolled out an artist support fee for

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all of the finalists who are going

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through hardship to enable them to

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deliver beautiful artworks to the

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gallery

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we doubled the exhibition space i can't

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wait for everyone to see it it's

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literally across three full galleries

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here at the national portrait gallery

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it's a quiet takeover

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it's literally taking up half of the

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gallery and it's so important it's it's

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given the ground it deserves i really

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think so

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we've also made the exhibition run for

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longer than ever because we want as many

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people to be able to visit us hopefully

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in person fingers crossed but also to

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enjoy it online

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so we sort of nervously

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sent out our call for entries we knew we

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were changing something that was already

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beloved in the arts community

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i was kind of like it's a bit like

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adding chalk chips to a hot cross bun

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we were nervous should we change it or

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should we leave it the same

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so our call for entries went out

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and photographers around australia

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answered

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well

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yeah we just feel so blessed

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thousands of you submitted incredible

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portraits

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and i just i really want to take a

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moment um to sincerely thank every

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single entrant

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that enters our prizes like for

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entrusting us we know it's not just

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entrusting us with your photographs

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you're entrusting us with your personal

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stories

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your community stories

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your families your family and friends

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faces

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and your lived experience

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we know you're basically sharing a

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window into your worlds and we see you

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and we really thank you for that and

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entrusting us with that

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to me

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it takes a certain vulnerability to

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enter a prize

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and to have your work be judged

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it's hard um and i just want all the

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entrants to know that every single

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photograph is looked at

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every single photograph thousands of

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them are looked at by all three of the

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judges individually and again in person

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i think it's just really important for

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everyone to know that we do look at all

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of the works and we value everyone being

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so on board with the prize

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so as you can imagine

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this year

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the task for our three amazing judges

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was particularly tough

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our judges as you know were our director

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here at npg karen quinlan the director

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of the national gallery of australia

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nick mitsvic and the amazing

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photographer bill henson

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and i just wanted to take a little

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second

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because i worked alongside these judges

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all the way to thank them

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because they used so much i just want to

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thank them for their consideration and

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their invested care

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they really cared

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of the selection of all the finalists

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and the winners

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there are so many worthy entrants and we

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thank you all

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and so here we go again

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uh we're on another zoom experience in a

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gallery

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and i know it can never be quite the

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same

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we know it can never be quite the same

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as visiting an exhibition in the flesh

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uh so our team are working hard on

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bringing you the exhibition which you'll

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be able to enjoy online but for now

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we're ready to cross live to our

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director

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the announcement good luck everybody

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we're thinking of you so we're just

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going to cruise over here for the

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announcement

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good morning and thank you for joining

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us

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online and in person for this very

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special occasion the announcement of the

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winner of living memory the national

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photographic portrait prize 2021

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my name is karen quinlan and i'm the

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director of the national portrait

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gallery of australia

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i would like to acknowledge the

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traditional custodians on the of the

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land and throughout australia and

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recognise the continuing connection to

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country

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i pay my respect to aboriginal and

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torres strait islander cultures and to

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elders past present and emerging

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as well as being the director of the

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national portrait gallery i also have

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the great pleasure of being a judge for

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this year's prize

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as has been said it's the 14th year of

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the prize

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and for every year the national

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photographic portrait prize provides a

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rich tableau of humanity

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a reflection of the year that was

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after the harrowing bushfires of the

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summer of 1920

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closely followed by the covert 19

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pandemic

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it felt imperative that in 2021

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we acknowledge the seismic events of

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this period

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accordingly we titled this year's prize

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living memory

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a way to look back consider and reflect

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upon these challenging times

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we anticipated that the photographers

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would respond well to this theme because

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of their exposure to some of the most

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extraordinary extraordinary moments

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that either they or people they know

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have experienced

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today we launch an exhibition of

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portraiture that captures everything

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from the catastrophe of drought bushfire

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to the intimate moments of lockdown

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as a result themes of isolation and

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solitude permeate the images

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but the bright celebration of identity

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both collective and individual that

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resonates throughout every year of the

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npp is highly visible within this unique

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collection of works

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i would like to acknowledge the staff of

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the npg specifically tara james and the

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curatorial team for overseeing what i

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believe is the delivery of an

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outstanding exhibition and a superb hang

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and our small and highly professional

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production team for enabling you to tune

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in today to this announcement

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i would like to thank our gallery

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partners and supporters our principal

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partner ey and our cultural partner

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midnight hotel autograph collections

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i would like particularly to thank the

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enterprise exhibition partners who

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ensure the prize continues to attract

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except exceptional photographers

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this year the photograph judged most

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outstanding will receive thirty thousand

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dollars in cash as well as twenty

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thousand dollars worth of equipment

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this package is supported by canon so

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we're very very grateful

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the award the highly awarded highly

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commended will receive a collar edge

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professional monitor from iso valued at

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four thousand dollars

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we thank ias fine art logistics for

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their ongoing support of the art

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handlers award the winner to be revealed

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in the coming weeks will receive two

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thousand dollars

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the david roche foundation has

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generously contributed five thousand

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dollars in cash for the winner of the

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people's choice award which will be

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announced towards the end of the

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exhibition and i encourage you all to

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visit our website to vote for your

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favorite work

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i would like to thank my fellow judges

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nick

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mitsvic director of the national gallery

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of australia who is here today and

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renowned photographer bill henson who

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isn't here who's hopefully zooming in

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the three of us faced a mammoth task

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sorting through over 3 000 entries with

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many robust discussions to arrive at

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this final short list

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importantly i want to thank all of the

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entrance to this year's prize and

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particularly want to congratulate the 79

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finalists

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of course we are truly disappointed that

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we cannot celebrate with an opening

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event however we hope that you will be

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able to visit us before too long as the

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prize runs through to the 7th of

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november

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now to the announcement of our prizes

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in acknowledgement of the impact the

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pandemic has had on the creative

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community this year we provided each

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finalist with a supporting payment to

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help cover the cost of transport and

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framing

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we have also planned

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uh for some professional development

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opportunities for two lucky finalists

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including workshops and specifically

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selected mentoring relationships

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it is with this in mind that the judges

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have selected two of the two artists to

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be given distinction awards

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these awards are specifically tailored

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mentorship prizes designed to continue

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the portrait gallery's commitment to

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nurturing australian portrait

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photography

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i am pleased to announce that the

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distinction awards go to rj poole for

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his portrait great conjunction

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and jessica romas for her portrait mark

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ancest

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congratulations to you both

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this year the judges have awarded highly

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commended to julian king ma for his

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portrait tom at the drain so

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congratulations julian

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julian is a victorian-based photographer

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who has created a portrait of tom taking

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time away from his computer screen

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during lockdown

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in the words of the artist

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isolation sent children into a new

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territory what to do with themselves how

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to negotiate their four walls sometimes

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battling anxiety

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how to find playfulness and resisting

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constant screen time

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while the world retreated tom was

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reminding me that happiness always

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exists within the simplest

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things

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this work spoke to the judges in many

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ways and on many levels the darkness the

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uncertainty and the anxiety that we may

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all face at different times

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but also that sense of hope and the

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human spirit

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the mystery and our questioning is

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enhanced by the haunting nature of the

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composition

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there is something strange and

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introspective going on

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as the child clings to the drainpipe and

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yet through the darkness and the strange

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distance with that slightly disturbing

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placement of the horizon

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we experience the beauty of this

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photograph

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so well done julian

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and the winner of living memory the

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national photographic portrait prize for

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2021 is new south wales-based artist

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joel pratley for his striking photograph

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drought story a portrait of david

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killich a farmer captured in the midst

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of an unexpected dust storm on his farm

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in forbes new south wales

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to accompany the work the artist's

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statement says simply sometimes you

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think why am i here

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and joel is joining us via zoom

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congratulations

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thank you there you are

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where are you and how do you feel as the

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winner for this year's entrance

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i'm streaming from uh

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and um

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i i just i just feel really uh

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really overwhelmed like my feet haven't

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touched the ground

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it's um

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it's just

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such an amazing competition to be a part

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of to actually be a finalist in itself

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is a huge win so i'm i'd like to uh

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first thank uh the mpg um what they do

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for the photographic community and the

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public i'd like to thank the judges as

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well karen nick and bill

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definitely thank all the entrants and

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especially the other finalists during

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this lockdown

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um yeah i didn't think i would

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personally win this

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however i really do believe in this

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image and i'm glad that other people do

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as well um what brought us out to forbes

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originally uh was a job the goal of

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which was to show how tough farmers were

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doing it and how you could donate to

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help

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i was a very small piece of that puzzle

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who happened to get this photo just the

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right place and right time

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i would like to offer a real special

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thanks to campbell brown who was a

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director of photography on that and also

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kyrah bartley who was a director as well

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who was involved

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um i don't think i would have been able

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to get this photo if we weren't there as

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a team

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i'd also like to thank

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other members of the team who made this

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project possible of course the uh people

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from rural aid

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um

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cellaire and doug chandler at bmf um

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dong brit and sarah at bpay and um

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selena down at sun studios who brought

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this image to life and did an amazing

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print job

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um of course there's the chalices who i

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need to thank from the bottom of my

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heart who gave us their time on their

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farm during this really tough tough time

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that they were going through and also

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the other farmers that were involved in

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the project that we visited as well

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such as ronda tony and mark

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again i'd like to just say that i am so

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grateful

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and um thank you all so much for your

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time

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and thanks to everyone for being

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a part of this and making it so special

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for everyone who gets to be involved in

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the national portrait of christ

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fantastic

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thank you joel the judges felt that this

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work was captivating you can actually

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see the horizon run back the shadows of

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the clouds and the detritus caused by

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the storm and there is this ethereal

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light coming through that picks up on

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the smokiness of it all

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offering some hope of the clearance it's

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an arresting picture as we see the

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person completely surrounded and

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immersed by a power greater than himself

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we all concluded that this was an

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extraordinarily powerful image so again

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thank you for zooming in today and thank

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you so much for your contribution to

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make this prize so spectacular uh and

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well done well done and well done in

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terms of getting this far in your career

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and good luck in terms of the future

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and this story thank you very much

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fantastic that concludes our

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announcement thank you for joining us

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here today and to those of you who have

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tuned in online our very best wishes to

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you all stay safe and well and we look

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forward to seeing you here in person

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very soon thanks

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well congratulations to all of the

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finalists in this year's living memory

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national photographic portrait prize or

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as you now know it and triple p

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and especially to all of our winners now

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it's over to you and the public to vote

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for your favorite in the people's choice

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award you can jump on our website

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portrait.gov.edu and explore the

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exhibition in full read through all of

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the artists labels

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and tell us which one is your personal

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favorite and why please don't forget to

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share this with your family and friends

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and share on social media because the

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more exposure we get for our worthy

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photographers the better

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also keep us eye out on our social media

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channels for the announcement of our

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ever popular art handlers award which

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will be revealed in the next week or so

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the yacht handlers are vaults of secrecy

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and have been trying to prize this

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secret out of them for a week to no

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avail so we'll be finding out at the

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same time as you

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and finally please join us online

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tomorrow

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that's saturday the 31st of july for our

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fabulous panel discussion that explores

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the theme of the living memory

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exhibition

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so leading the panel is our very own npg

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sandra bruce who's director of

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exhibitions and collections

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renowned photojournalist and also former

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finalist mike bowers and ceo of mental

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health commission christine morgan

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they're going to be bringing to you a

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very valuable discussion with insights

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into the living memory exhibition and

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its themes the year that we've all lived

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through and its effect on the australian

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people and psyche

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i'm going to come in tomorrow's my day

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off and i'm coming in to watch the panel

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that's how excited i am about it uh so

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as always all of our virtual programs

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are available on our website at

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portrait.gov.edu

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or on our social media channels the

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little art portrait a you

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so we know we couldn't be here in person

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we've got a little virtual fly-through

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for you and working really hard on

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creating you an amazing virtual

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experience through the gallery so until

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we see you again hopefully you're

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smiling faces in person please stay safe

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stay connected keep looking at more art

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and we can't wait to welcome you back

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here at mpg

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enjoy the little fly through guys

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portrait au so we know we couldn't be

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here in person we've got a little

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really hard on creating you an amazing

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virtual experience through the gallery

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so until we see you again

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hopefully you're smiling faces in person

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please stay safe

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stay connected keep looking at more art

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and we can't wait to welcome you back

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here at mpg

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enjoy the little fly through guys

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