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A deep, abiding love affair
Devotion
Frames for his life’s love
Rod McNicol
Winner, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2012
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Rod McNicol on photographing Jack Charles.
Janet Dawson
Explore The Popular Pet Show
When soulmates Janet Dawson and Michael Boddy moved from Sydney to a property, Boddy was clear about why: ‘Our marriage is one long conversation - we moved to the bush so we could talk to each other without so many interruptions.’
Mia Boe
Artists and Collectives
Mia Boe is a Narrm/Melbourne-based artist known for her haunting and evocative painting practice, informed by her Butchulla and Burmese ancestry.
Literary lovers’ life liaison
Lust
Desire drives forbidden love
Rod McNicol
18 June 2015
Archived media releases 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.
Linde Ivimey
Contributing artists
Born: 1965, Sydney
Works: Sydney
Arianne McNaught
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Arianne McNaught
Finalist interviews
I think the most important thing in capturing candid shots is to never take the photo when people are expecting you to press the shutter. The more poignant moments are not the stock standard images of people looking at the camera smiling but after or before when they are really interacting with each other.
Hosting Archie Moore - Mīal
Hosting a touring exhibition
Archie Moore is a celebrated Kamilaroi and Bigambul artist whose practice is embedded in the politics of identity, racism and language systems. Mīal is a conceptual self portrait that counters expectations of what a self portrait should be.
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
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Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
Lucy Culliton
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.
The more things change...
NPPP 2017 exhibition essay
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Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.
Rick Amor: 21 Portraits
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Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
The Bare story
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Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be