when: 16 August 2025 - 12 October 2025 | venue: National Portrait Gallery | cost: See event for details | address: National Portrait Gallery Parkes 2600 | website: https://portrait.gov.au | tickets: https://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibitions/national-photographic-portrait-prize-2025//?q=eyJ0eXBlIjoiYm9va2luZyIsImRlc3RpbmF0aW9uIjoiaH
published: 19 Aug 2025, 5 min read
Now in its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize supports and celebrates photographic portraiture in Australia. Each year, the prize attracts thousands of entrants from emerging and established artistic talent across the country. Exhibited artworks provide a powerful visual record of the year, reflecting a particular time in Australian culture, both socially and artistically.
Image credit: Em Jensen Thelma 2024 (detail). National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 Finalist © Em Jensen.
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Now in its 18th year, the National Photographic Portrait Prize supports and celebrates photographic portraiture in Australia. Each year, the prize attracts thousands of entrants from emerging and established artistic talent across the country. Exhibited artworks provide a powerful visual record of the year, reflecting a particular time in Australian culture, both socially and artistically.
Image credit: Em Jensen Thelma 2024 (detail). National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 Finalist © Em Jensen.
Go see National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 is on 16 August 2025 - 12 October 2025. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Parkes. Visit their website at https://portrait.gov.au.
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