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Alfie Barker (right view), 2023 Shea Kirk

Alfie Barker (right view)

Shea Kirk
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Gemma Baxter (right view), 2019 Shea Kirk

Gemma Baxter (right view), 2019

Shea Kirk
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Callan Bradley Hales (left and right view), 2018 by Shea Kirk

Callan Bradley Hales (left and right view), 2018

by Shea Kirk
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Ella B Rowe (right view), 2021 Shea Kirk

Ella B Rowe (right view)

Shea Kirk
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Ruby (left view), 2022 Shea Kirk

Ruby (left view)

Shea Kirk
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Maurice O'Shea
Maurice O'Shea
Maurice O'Shea

Maurice O'Shea, 1951 (printed 2003)

Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2005

Valerie Kirk

Contributing artists

Born: 1957, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Works: Canberra

Shea Kirk

Shea Kirk

Vox pops

So this portrait here is part of a much larger series I've been shooting off and on for a number of years now.

Shea Kirk

Shea Kirk

Vox pops

I see everyone as being really special, amazing people and it is such a privilege to have the opportunity to work so closely and develop that relationship of trust and openness.

Art Handlers' Award 2020

James & Jessica
General content

The Art Handlers' Award for 2020 went to Gemma Baxter (right view), 2019 by Shea Kirk.

Ruby (left view), 2022 Shea Kirk

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

Previous exhibition, 2023

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.

Ruby (left view), 2022 Shea Kirk

The 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize

16 June 2023
Media

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

Contributing artists

General content

Find out more from each of the artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history.

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.

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