National Photographic Portrait Prize Explained

The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia.

The major sponsor of the prize in 2022 is the gallery itself, which awards to the winner, while Canon provides camera equipment worth over .^[1]

In earlier years VISA was the major sponsor of the prize.

Past winners

• 2007 — Robert Scott-Mitchell ^[2]
• 2009 — Ingvar Kenne ^[3]
• 2010 — Scott Bycroft ^[4]
• 2011 — Jacqueline Mitelman^[5]
• 2012 — Roderick McNicol ^[6]
• 2013 — Janelle Low^[7]
• 2014 — Andrew Cowe^[8]
• 2015 — Hoda Afshar^[9]
• 2016 — Elizabeth Looker^[10]
• 2017 — Gary Grealy^[11]
• 2018 — Lee Grant^[12]
• 2019 — Alana Holmberg^[13]
• 2020 — Rob Palmer^[14]
• 2021 — Joel B. Pratley^[15]
• 2022 — Wayne Quilliam^[16]
• 2023 — Shea Kirk^[17]
• 2024 — Amos Gebhardt^[18]

Highly Commended

• 2014 — David Apostol
• 2015 — Katherine Williams
• 2016 — Sean Davey
• 2017 — John Benavente; Brett Canet-Gibson
• 2018 — Filomena Rizzo
• 2019 — Alex Vaughan
• 2020 — Hugh Stewart
• 2021 — Julian Kingma
• 2022 — Adam Ferguson
• 2023 — Renae Saxby

People's Choice

• 2012 — John McRae ^[19]
• 2015 — Natalie Grono
• 2016 — Matthew Newton
• 2017 — Brett Canet-Gibson
• 2018 — Harold David
• 2019 — Kate Atkinson
• 2020 — Klarissa Dempsey
• 2022 — Luther Tora
• 2023 — Bruce Agnew

Art Handlers' Prize

• 2017 — Tobias Titz
• 2018 — Stephanie Simcox
• 2019 — Elizabeth Looker
• 2020 — Shea Kirk
• 2021 — Kristina Kraskov
• 2022 — Adam Haddrick
• 2023 — David Cossini

Notable exhibiting finalists

• Nigel Brennan
• Jane Burton
• Rozalind Drummond
• Alex Frayne
• Trent Parke
• Robin Sellick
• Dean Sewell
• Alexia Sinclair
• Mark Tedeschi
• Mia Wasikowska
• Greg Weight
• Anne Zahalka
• Andrew Rovenko

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 . 2022-07-03 . National Portrait Gallery exhibition.
2. Web site: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2007. portrait.gov.au. 2012-09-13.
3. Web site: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090327055715/http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/NPPP2009_9.php . dead . 2009-03-27 . portrait.gov.au . 2012-09-13 .
4. Web site: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2010. portrait.gov.au. 2012-09-13.
5. Web site: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2011. portrait.gov.au. 2012-09-13.
6. Web site: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2012. portrait.gov.au. 2012-09-13.
7. Web site: 2013 – National Photographic Portrait Prize. nppp.portrait.gov.au. en-US. 2018-11-28.
8. Web site: 2014 – National Photographic Portrait Prize. nppp.portrait.gov.au. en-US. 2018-11-28.
9. Web site: 2015 – National Photographic Portrait Prize. nppp.portrait.gov.au. en-US. 2018-11-28.
10. Web site: 2016 – National Photographic Portrait Prize. nppp.portrait.gov.au. en-US. 2018-11-28.
11. Web site: 2017 – National Photographic Portrait Prize. nppp.portrait.gov.au. en-US. 2018-11-28.
12. Web site: 2018 – National Photographic Portrait Prize. nppp.portrait.gov.au. en-US. 2018-11-28.
13. News: Jefferson . Dee . National Photographic Portrait Prize won by Alana Holmberg for photo of pregnant sister . 23 February 2019 . ABC News . 22 February 2019.
14. Web site: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020 . 2022-07-02 . National Portrait Gallery exhibition.
15. Web site: Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize . 2022-07-02 . National Portrait Gallery exhibition.
16. Web site: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 . 2022-07-02 . National Portrait Gallery exhibition.
17. Web site: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 . 2024-09-12 . National Portrait Gallery exhibition.
18. Web site: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 . 2024-09-12 . National Portrait Gallery exhibition.
19. Web site: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2012 . portrait.gov.au . 2012-09-13.