Mosman Art Gallery

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010

Saturday 5 February – Sunday 20 March 2011

Lipstick 2009,by John Sones, digital print. Courtesy of the artist.

Lipstick 2009,by John Sones, digital print. Courtesy of the artist.

Mosman Art Gallery is pleased to present the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 which is currently on tour from the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.

The exhibition features the work of forty-three finalists whose photographs reflect the distinctive vision of Australia’s aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

The exhibition includes well known identities such as Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Paul Capsis and Brandon Walters as well as many other unidentified and intriguing models chosen by the photographers.

Visitors to the Mosman Art Gallery will have the opportunity to hear from other selected photographers in a series of illustrated Sunday talks. The photographers’ subjects range from the familiar such as actor Paul Capsis, Gap hero Don Ritchie and arts duo Brian and Gene Sherman to the more anonymous subjects of young musicians, Newcastle squatters, sunbakers and friends.

Gori, Bougainville 2009 by Stuart Miller, digital print. Courtesy of the artist.

Gori, Bougainville 2009 by Stuart Miller, digital print. Courtesy of the artist.

Public Program

Opening Night: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010

Friday 4 February
Mosman Art Gallery, 6:30PM – 8:30PM

The exhibition will be opened by Louise Doyle, Director of the National Portrait Gallery. RSVP online by Wednesday 2 February.

_Taylor Square_ (detail) 2009 by Diego Ibanez, digital print. Courtesy of the artist.

In context: Photographing people and their stories

Sunday 20 February
Mosman Art Gallery, 2:00PM – 3:00PM

Photographers Diego Ibanez, Hamish Gregory and Sahlan Hayes discuss their selected photographs and work which reveal the stories behind the images of a young musician, sunbaking sisters and Gap hero Don Ritchie. Free. Book online.

_Brian and Gene_ (detail) 2009 by Gary Grealy, digital print.  Courtesy of the artist.

Close up: The celebrity and personal portrait

Sunday 6 March
Mosman Art Gallery, 2:00PM – 3:00PM

Photographers, Michael Corridore, Gary Grealy, Zorica Purlija and Vittoria Dussoni discuss their selected images and approach to photographing famous sitters such as Paul Capsis and arts duo Brian and Gene Sherman to commissioning and capturing unique subjects with special qualities. Book online.

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