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We were cold, 2019

Shaun, 2015

Yukultji and Yalti with their family, 2019

Marissa

Willie ‘Bomba’ King, 2019

Macca (Ian McNamara), 2007

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Rowan McNamara, 2008

Ben McNamara

This is Marissa Gallagher from Kintore, which if you're in Alice Springs, just go west until the WA border, just before that, a traditional area of Pintupi mob.

Troppo Architects

The studios of Troppo Architects are located away from Australia’s major urban centres.

City boys

Christopher Chapman immerses himself in Larry Clark’s field of vision.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 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.

Some women you may not know

‘Everybody’s lives are built by so many influences, and for me, it is writers, artists and activists who have influenced how I think about the world.’

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009

In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.

The 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize

Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter has won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Thinking about architecture and portraiture

Dr Christopher Chapman describes the experimental exhibition Portraits + Architecture