The National Portrait Gallery’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 will be on display at State Library of Queensland from 11 May until 7 July 2024.
Winning entries for the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize: Left, overall winner: Ruby (left view), 2022 by Shea Kirk; others: Bangardidjan by Renae Saxby, KAHA, 2022 by Bruce Agnew, Portrait of Zachary, 2023 Grace Costa, Ugandan Ssebabi, 2022 David Cossini.
Last year’s judges selected 47 finalists from almost 2,400 entries to go on display. Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter, titled Ruby (left view), won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize. Shea won $50,000 in prizes: $30,000 cash from the National Portrait Gallery and $20,000 worth of Canon equipment thanks to Imaging Partner Canon Australia. Renae Saxby was awarded the Highly Commended prize, for her work Bangardidjan 2022, a photo of proud Kine, Rembarrnga, and Dalabon women Cindy Rostron on the road in remote Central Arnhem Land. Renae’s prize won a ColorEdge CG2700S 27” monitor valued at almost $4,000 courtesy of EIZO. The Art Handlers’ award recipient was David Cossini, who received $2,000 cash from IAS Fine Art Logistics for his portrait of Ugandan man Godfrey Baguma, titled Ugandan Ssebabi. The $10,000 People’s Choice Award, supported by the Calvert-Jones Foundation, went to Bruce Agnew for his portrait KAHA, 2022.
The exhibition will be displayed in the Level 2 gallery at the State Library of Queensland, Cultural Centre, South Bank. A curator’s tour is scheduled for Saturday, 11 May at 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. Click here for more information.