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Portrait 61

Summer 2018/19

Numb to touch (self-portrait), 2018 by Natasha Walsh
Numb to touch (self-portrait), 2018 by Natasha Walsh
Numb to touch (self-portrait), 2018 by Natasha Walsh

Observation point

by Natasha Walsh

My practice has always been driven by my experimental curiosity, from heavy wax and resin bodies generated in flame, to delicate temporal works that explore the conductive and alchemical possibilities of copper.
Jacki Weaver
Jacki Weaver
Jacki Weaver

Flash mob

by Dr Sarah Engledow

Sarah Engledow trains her exacting lens on the nine photographs from 20/20.
Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook

Rethinking foundational histories

by Kate Fullagar

A focus on Indigenous-European relationships underpins Facing New Worlds. By Kate Fullagar.
Sydney Ure Smith
Sydney Ure Smith
Sydney Ure Smith

Dupain detective

by Johanna McMahon

Johanna McMahon revels in history and mystery in pursuit of a suite of unknown portrait subjects.
Thomas Gainsborough, c.1758-59 by Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough, c.1758-59 by Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough, c.1758-59 by Thomas Gainsborough

Keep it in the family

by David Solkin

David Solkin ponders the provocations and inspirations of the enigmatic Thomas Gainsborough.
Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist
Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist
Madame Sibly, Phrenologist and Mesmerist

Sibly irresistible

by Alexandra Roginski

Alexandra Roginski reveals a forceful feminist figure in the colonial period’s slippery science, phrenology.
Study for Aunty Mary King, 2010 by Mathew Lynn
Study for Aunty Mary King, 2010 by Mathew Lynn
Study for Aunty Mary King, 2010 by Mathew Lynn

The animating signature

by Joanna Gilmour

Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
Karl Robert, Count Nesselrode, 1818 by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Karl Robert, Count Nesselrode, 1818 by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Karl Robert, Count Nesselrode, 1818 by Sir Thomas Lawrence

The Lawrence lustre

by Angus Trumble

Angus Trumble salutes the glorious portraiture of Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Thua Tich, South Vietnam, 1969-06 by Christopher Bellis
Thua Tich, South Vietnam, 1969-06 by Christopher Bellis
Thua Tich, South Vietnam, 1969-06 by Christopher Bellis

The jungle look

by David Gist

David Gist steps beyond the public relations veneer of Australia’s official Vietnam War portrait photographs.

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Portrait 62

Autumn 2019

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019, the iconoclastic Japanese figures Yukio Mishima and Tamotsu Yato, Angélica Dass’ Humanæ project and more.

Portrait 60

Spring 2018

Ralph Heimans on his portraits, and features on Louis Kahan, Helena Rubinstein, Judy Cassab and Tasmanian convicts.
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