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Ingvar Kenne

Citizen

Swedish-born Australian photographer, Ingvar Kenne, captures both individuality and shared human experience in his ongoing portrait project Citizen.

More information on Ingvar Kenne

Selected images

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Names not known by Ingvar Kenne
Names not known by Ingvar Kenne
Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann, 2000 Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Chris by Ingvar Kenne
Chris by Ingvar Kenne
Angus Young
Angus Young, 2003 (printed 2014) Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Ettikai Reuben by Ingvar Kenne
Ettikai Reuben by Ingvar Kenne
Yang Yi La Mo by Ingvar Kenne
Yang Yi La Mo by Ingvar Kenne
Johnno Mulock by Ingvar Kenne
Johnno Mulock by Ingvar Kenne
Camilla by Ingvar Kenne
Camilla by Ingvar Kenne
Erica Stenberg by Ingvar Kenne
Erica Stenberg by Ingvar Kenne
Hanna and Reda Hijazi by Ingvar Kenne
Hanna and Reda Hijazi by Ingvar Kenne
Sister Kate McPhee by Ingvar Kenne
Sister Kate McPhee by Ingvar Kenne
Ai Weiwei by Ingvar Kenne
Ai Weiwei by Ingvar Kenne
Cormac + Callum Kenne by Ingvar Kenne
Cormac + Callum Kenne by Ingvar Kenne
Mrs Noa by Ingvar Kenne
Mrs Noa by Ingvar Kenne
Cressida Campbell by Ingvar Kenne
Cressida Campbell by Ingvar Kenne
Wang Chunhua by Ingvar Kenne
Wang Chunhua by Ingvar Kenne
Lee Lin Chin
Lee Lin Chin, 2005 Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Miss Wong by Ingvar Kenne
Miss Wong by Ingvar Kenne
Meryl Tankard
Meryl Tankard, 2005 Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Anni Finsterer by Ingvar Kenne
Anni Finsterer by Ingvar Kenne
Monica Finsterer by Ingvar Kenne
Monica Finsterer by Ingvar Kenne
Nick Cave
Nick Cave, 2001 (printed 2014) Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Anneliese Seubert
Anneliese Seubert, 1997 (printed 2014) Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Alexis Wright
Alexis Wright, 2009 (printed 2014) Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Akira Isogawa
Akira Isogawa, 2003 (printed 2005) Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
David Wenham
David Wenham, 1998 (printed 2005) Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
Wayne Blair
Wayne Blair, 2007 (printed 2014) Ingvar Kenne. © Ingvar Kenne
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Shop Talk

Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2016

Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Cormac + Callum Kenne, My Children, Sydney, Australia, 2009
Cormac + Callum Kenne, My Children, Sydney, Australia, 2009
Cormac + Callum Kenne, My Children, Sydney, Australia, 2009
Cormac + Callum Kenne, My Children, Sydney, Australia, 2009

Citizen Kenne

Magazine article by April Thompson, 2013

April Thompson explores an exhibition of Ingvar Kenne’s global portrait project.
Maryan, 2010 by Rod McNicol
Maryan, 2010 by Rod McNicol
Maryan, 2010 by Rod McNicol
Maryan, 2010 by Rod McNicol

Life and time

Portraits by Rod McNicol

Previous exhibition, 2015

Australian photographer Rod McNicol has consistently analysed the passing of time through the evidence of the photographic portrait. At once confronting and tender, McNicol’s portrait photographs are bold and intimate. 
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