National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017

24 February – 15 April 2018 
Opening Friday 23 February, 6pm 

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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017

Toured by the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
 

The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual prize open to both aspiring and professional photographers, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Now in its tenth year, the prize continues to present surprising perspectives on contemporary photographic portraiture, with the images remaining an evolving kaleidoscope of the nation's preoccupations and identity.

Image credit: Brett Canet-Gibson, Trevor Jamieson, 2016, digital print, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017

THE LITTLE GALLERY PROJECT SPACE

Mike Singe

Carbon Capture and Storage/Celebrating 400ppm

This exhibition showcases a small selection of works from an ongoing series of soot drawings (carbon capture and storage / carbon reduction). In a futile attempt to find a positive aspect to climate change, the exhibition features animals that are likely to benefit from a warming planet.

Image: Mike Singe, 42 Minute Carbon Capture and Storage / Oryctolagus Cuniculus Celebrates 400ppm, 2017

Impure carbon (soot) on plywood.