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national photographic portrait prize retrospective

To celebrate the remarkable photography and thank the community of artists, supporters and visitors who have cherished this prize over the years, the Gallery has curated a retrospective alongside the 2026 finalists' exhibition. This photo was a finalist in the 2007 iteration: https://www.portrait.gov.au/image/112848/112829

erzurum

Just some loose fun pics from Erzurum, 2008.

waning crescent

Waning Crescent was put together from repassing old contact sheet scans of Iran & Türkiye . They are low resolution, cut from contacts,...

wonderful my friend

Hawkes' first published novella Wonderful My Friend is available to order online or in store. ‘How do I feel?’ The lonesomeness of PC scribes through the last thirty years of his meticulously kept diary. Written there, a life comfortable and vacant. For years unasked, what finally replies is news of an old friend and the question dictates an exploration of idea and deed. From Paraguay to Argentina, Mali to Mauritania, the diaries of PC won’t again be written as they once we