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Jamie Liddle, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Jamie Wright, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Cary Fukunaga and Jamie Bell, 2010
by Mia Wasikowska
Image
JAMIE BIANCA in the style of Grace Kelly
Tom Evangelidis
Image
The mahi-mahi, 2019
Rob Palmer
Image
Carol Duncan, Redfern
Carol Jerrems
Image
Regent Street
Carol Jerrems
Image
Barry McDonald, 1997
Selina Snow
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Carol Jerrems: Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2024
Carol Jerrems: Portraits is a major exhibition of one of Australia’s most influential photographers. Jerrems’ intimate portraits of friends, lovers and artistic peers transcend the purely personal and have come to shape Australian visual culture.
David Gulpilil AM
Biography
David Gulpilil AM (1953-2021), actor and dancer, was a Yolngu man of the Mandhalpuyngu language group and was born near Maningrida in Arnhem Land.
5 portraits in the collection
Headspace 7
Me and My Place
Previous exhibition, 2006
Headspace 7: Me and My Place, the seventh in the National Portrait Gallery's series of student exhibitions, will be presented at Commonwealth Place. Me and My Place is the curatorial theme for the 2006 exhibition.
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.
Feel the music
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010
Dr Christopher Chapman discusses the portrait of Australian composer Paul Grabowsky by photographer Martin Philbey.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
Previous exhibition, 2022
The 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.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
The 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.