image of Greta In Her Kitchen, 36 weeks 2019 by Alana Holmberg

The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual event intended to promote the very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by both professional and aspiring Australian photographers.

The winner for 2019 is Alana Holmberg for her portrait Greta In Her Kitchen, 36 weeks. The highly commended award was won by Alex Vaughan for Sumbawa Pride – Life on a Boat With Eleven Kids. Thanks to our wonderful sponsors the winners of the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019 will take home $30,000 cash and a swag of prizes.

People’s Choice Award went to Kate Atkinson for her portrait The textiles scientist.

The exhibition of 39 portraits will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery from Saturday 23 February until Sunday 7 April 2019. The exhibition will also tour to a range of venues around Australia.

Entries for the NPPP2020 will open in October 2019 – follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or sign up to receive emails to get the latest information.

Art Handlers’ Award 2019

image of Helen Garner in her kitchen 2019 by Mia Mala McDonald
image of Sarker Protick, Artist, Sydney, Australia, 2018 2019 by Ingvar Kenne
image of Taking the waters 2019 by Rachel Peachey
image of Morteza Arefifar, Manus Island Detention Centre, 2017 2019 by Adam Ferguson
image of Ella in Callala Bay 2019 by Aletheia Casey
image of Willem 2019 by Julian Kingma
image of Knox Rocket 2019 by Natalie Nowotarski
image of Simon, Docklands 2019 by Alan Weedon
image of Dayannah 2019 by Raphaela Rosella
image of Portrait of Whitney 2019 by Jordan Madge
image of KB Bailey 2019 by Isabella Capezio
image of Stephen Dupont 2019 by Simon Harsent
image of Black Dog 2019 by Jamila Toderas
image of Lost 2019 by Jay Hynes
image of Portrait of Deel 2019 by Stef King
image of Greta In Her Kitchen, 36 weeks 2019 by Alana Holmberg
image of A Calm So Deep 2019 by Elizabeth Looker
image of Raynen 2019 by Tristan Still
image of Nelson Earl: Dance – the ephemeral art, Strathfield 2019 by Kellie Leczinska
image of Jackie 2019 by Katrin Koenning
image of That’s not my mother 2019 by Rosa Spring Voss
image of Bum Fluff 2019 by Jodi McConaghy
image of Zara, 18, Babinda, FNQ 2019 by Lee Grant
image of Adam, Craigieburn 2019 by Yask Desai
image of Osher 2019 by Stephen Baccon
image of Alex 2019 by Michael Murchie
image of Sumbawa Pride – Life on a Boat With Eleven Kids 2019 by Alex Vaughan
image of Tristan has a bad heart 2019 by Nicholas Garcia
image of Celia inside a watchtower 2019 by Wouter Van de Voorde
image of Support system 2019 by Madeline Bishop
image of Portrait of Tracey Briggs 2019 by Rod McNicol
image of Abdullah in his room 2019 by Max Mason-Hubers
image of Unbreakable 2019 by Dave Laslett
image of Mirror identical twins with autism 2019 by Sarah Rhodes
image of The textiles scientist 2019 by Kate Atkinson
image of Untitled 11 2019 by Daniel Boetker-Smith
image of My Brother’s family 2019 by Joel Pratley
image of Callan Bradley Hales (left and right view) 2019 by Shea Kirk
image of Troye Sivan 2019 by James Brickwood