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Alfie Barker (right view)
Shea Kirk
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Gemma Baxter (right view), 2019
Shea Kirk
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Callan Bradley Hales (left and right view), 2018
by Shea Kirk
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Ella B Rowe (right view)
Shea Kirk
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Ruby (left view)
Shea Kirk
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Maurice O'Shea
Biography
Maurice O'Shea (1897-1956) is remembered as a key figure in the formation of the modern Australian wine industry.
1 portrait in the collection
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
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.
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.
Art Handlers' Award 2020
James & Jessica
General content
The Art Handlers' Award for 2020 went to Gemma Baxter (right view), 2019 by 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.
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.
Colin Preece
Biography
Colin Preece (1903-1979), winemaker, graduated dux from Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1923 planning to manage the family flour mill.
1 portrait in the collection
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.