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 A$30,000 to the winner, while Canon provides camera equipment worth over A$20,000.[1]
Past winners
[edit]- 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]
- 2025 – Hoda Afshar, for "Untitled #01 (from the series Code Black/Riot)"[19][20]
Highly Commended
[edit]- 2014 — David Apostol[8]
- 2015 — Katherine Williams[9]
- 2016 — Sean Davey[10]
- 2017 — John Benavente; Brett Canet-Gibson[11]
- 2018 — Filomena Rizzo[12]
- 2019 — Alex Vaughan[13]
- 2020 — Hugh Stewart[14]
- 2021 — Julian Kingma[15]
- 2022 — Adam Ferguson[16]
- 2023 — Renae Saxby [17]
People's Choice
[edit]- 2012 — John McRae [21]
- 2015 — Natalie Grono[9]
- 2016 — Matthew Newton[10]
- 2017 — Brett Canet-Gibson[11]
- 2018 — Harold David[12]
- 2019 — Kate Atkinson[13]
- 2020 — Klarissa Dempsey[14]
- 2022 — Luther Tora[1]
- 2023 — Bruce Agnew[17]
Art Handlers' Award
[edit]- 2017 — Tobias Titz[11]
- 2018 — Stephanie Simcox[12]
- 2019 — Elizabeth Looker[13]
- 2020 — Shea Kirk[14]
- 2021 — Kristina Kraskov[15]
- 2022 — Adam Haddrick[16]
- 2023 — David Cossini[17]
- 2025 – George Fetting[19]
First Time Finalist Award
[edit]- 2025 – Sherry Quiambao[19]
Notable exhibiting finalists
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2007". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2009". portrait.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2010". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2011". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2012". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "2013 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "2014 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "2015 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "2016 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "2017 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "2018 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d Jefferson, Dee (22 February 2019). "National Photographic Portrait Prize won by Alana Holmberg for photo of pregnant sister". ABC News. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Australian National photographic portrait prize 2025 – in pictures". The Guardian. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025: People's Choice Award". National Photographic Portrait Prize. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2012". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.