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Bobby Bunungurr, 2016
by Tobias Titz
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 Art Handlers' Award
This portrait of artist Bobby Bunungurr was taken in his hometown of Ramingining Arnhemland. Bobby shares the image making process by edging his totem in the wet emulsion of the large format Polaroid negative. This image is part of an ongoing project which started in 1998.