National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual event promoting portraiture by contemporary Australian photographers, both amateur and professional. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the prize. This year the judges selected 49 portraits for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 exhibition from a record number of 3,000 entries.
“The works in this year’s prize – as the NPPP always seems to do – supply a fabulous snapshot of the scope of the portrait photography spectrum, as well as a vivid and complex picture of the communities we inhabit’, said Joanna Gilmour, Portrait Gallery Curator and NPPP judge.
The winner of the 2017 National Photographic Portrait Prize is Gary Grealy for his portrait of Richard Morecroft and Alison Mackay. Grealy took home the $25,000 cash prize.
Highly Commended: John Benavente for Renaissance Rose and Brett Canet-Gibson for Mastura. The Highly Commended receives a CG277X screen valued at $4,000 from EIZO. The winner of the Art Handlers’ award receives $2,000 cash and the cost of shipping for their work upon the end of the exhibition, from International Art Services (IAS).
Art Handler’s Award: Tobias Titz for Bobby Bunungurr.
The judges for the 2017 competition were Joanna Gilmour, Curator, National Portrait Gallery; Dr Sarah Engledow, Curator, National Portrait Gallery; George Fetting, guest judge, photographer.
The People’s Choice Award closes on 1 June 2017. Vote for your favourite portrait here.