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Hoda Afshar
Biography
Hoda Afshar was born Tehran, Iran in 1983. She completed a BFA (Photography) in Tehran, and PhD in Creative Arts at Curtin University.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Ali, 2014
by Hoda Afshar
Image
Portrait of Behrouz Boochani #1, 2018 (printed 2023)
Hoda Afshar
Portrait, archival pigment print on dibond
Purchased 2023
Hoda Afshar
Winner, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015
General content
Hoda Afshar on portraiture and the intention of her series "The smell of Narenj".
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019
Previous exhibition, 2019
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.
Last week to vote for your favourite portrait
1 June 2015
Archived media releases 2015
The National Portrait Gallery’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015 will close Monday 8 June 2015, this is the last week to visit the exhibition in Canberra and vote for your favourite portrait in the People’s Choice.
Embodiment of resistance
Magazine article by Behrouz Boochani, 2024
Kurdish-Iranian writer and filmmaker Behrouz Boochani on his portrait by Hoda Afshar, recently acquired by the National Portrait Gallery.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015
Previous exhibition, 2015
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 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.
Portrait 71
Magazine
Ryan Presley about portraiture, Emma Kindred on the career of Joan Ross, Ellie Buttrose looks at Archie Moore’s kith and kin, and Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.
Winner announced for National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019
22 February 2019
Archived media releases 2019
From an outstanding field of more than 3,000 entries, culminating in a shortlist of 39 exceptional finalists, the Winner and Highly Commended entries for this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize have been named.
Feather voted the people’s favourite
11 June 2015
Archived media releases 2015
The National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to announce that the People’s Choice award for this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize goes to Natalie Grono from Byron Bay for her photograph Feather and the Goddess Pool 2014.
Finalists announced for National Photographic Portrait Prize
14 November 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery would like to congratulate the forty finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019.
Executive
Our team
National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering leads the executive team.
Snap chat
Magazine article by Anne O'Hehir, 2019
2019 National Photographic Portrait Prize judge Anne O’Hehir looks beneath the surface of this year’s entries.