The Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize 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. This edition of the prize incorporates a year like no other: 2020. Accordingly, the title - Living Memory - acknowledges the period's seismic events. The winner for 2021 is
Drought Story by Joel B. Pratley
The Highly Commended Award goes to Julian Kingma for Tom at the Drain.
The Distinction Awards go to R.J Poole for Great conjunction and Jessica Hromas for Mark and Saskia cool off. The Distinction Awards are a new, specially tailored mentorship prize designed to continue the National Portrait Gallery’s commitment to developing and nurturing Australian portrait photography. The Art Handlers' Award goes to I'm just a suburban fashionista by Kristina Kraskov.
The People's Choice Award goes to Kristina Kraskov for his portrait I'm just a suburban fashionista.
For the 2021 Prize, judges Bill Henson (guest judge, Photographer), Nick Mitzevich (guest judge, Director, National Gallery of Australia), and Karen Quinlan (Director, National Portrait Gallery) selected 79 portraits from over 3000 entries. We thank everyone who submitted photographs for the Prize.
The exhibition catalogue is now available from The Curatoreum for $49.95.
