National Photographic Portrait Prize

Last updated February 02, 2026

The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia.

Past winners

2007 — Robert Scott-Mitchell ^[2]
2009 — Ingvar Kenne ^[3]
2010 — Scott Bycroft ^[4]
2011 — Jacqueline Mitelman ^[5]
2012 — Roderick McNicol ^[6]
2013 — Janelle Low^[7]
2014 — Andrew Cowe^[8]
2015 — Hoda Afshar ^[9]
2016 — Elizabeth Looker^[10]
2017 — Gary Grealy^[11]
2018 — Lee Grant^[12]
2019 — Alana Holmberg^[13]
2020 — Rob Palmer^[14]
2021 — Joel B. Pratley^[15]
2022 — Wayne Quilliam^[16]
2023 — Shea Kirk^[17]
2024 — Amos Gebhardt^[18]
2025 – Hoda Afshar, for "Untitled #01 (from the series Code Black/Riot)"^[19]^[20]

Highly Commended

2014 — David Apostol^[8]
2015 — Katherine Williams^[9]
2016 — Sean Davey^[10]
2017 — John Benavente; Brett Canet-Gibson^[11]
2018 — Filomena Rizzo^[12]
2019 — Alex Vaughan^[13]
2020 — Hugh Stewart^[14]
2021 — Julian Kingma^[15]
2022 — Adam Ferguson^[16]
2023 — Renae Saxby ^[17]

People's Choice

2012 — John McRae ^[21]
2015 — Natalie Grono^[9]
2016 — Matthew Newton^[10]
2017 — Brett Canet-Gibson^[11]
2018 — Harold David^[12]
2019 — Kate Atkinson^[13]
2020 — Klarissa Dempsey^[14]
2022 — Luther Tora^[1]
2023 — Bruce Agnew^[17]
2025 — Em Jensen^[22]

Art Handlers' Award

2017 — Tobias Titz^[11]
2018 — Stephanie Simcox^[12]
2019 — Elizabeth Looker^[13]
2020 — Shea Kirk^[14]
2021 — Kristina Kraskov^[15]
2022 — Adam Haddrick^[16]
2023 — David Cossini^[17]
2025 — George Fetting^[19]

First Time Finalist Award

2025 — Sherry Quiambao^[19]

Notable exhibiting finalists

References

1 2 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
↑ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2007". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2009". portrait.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2010". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2011". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2012". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "2013 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
1 2 "2014 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
1 2 3 "2015 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
1 2 3 "2016 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
1 2 3 4 "2017 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
1 2 3 4 "2018 – National Photographic Portrait Prize". nppp.portrait.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
1 2 3 4 Jefferson, Dee (22 February 2019). "National Photographic Portrait Prize won by Alana Holmberg for photo of pregnant sister". ABC News. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
1 2 3 4 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
1 2 3 "Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
1 2 3 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
1 2 3 4 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
↑ "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
1 2 3 "Australian National photographic portrait prize 2025 – in pictures". The Guardian. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
↑ "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025: People's Choice Award". National Photographic Portrait Prize. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
↑ "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2012". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

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[:10-1] 1 2 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[2] "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2007". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[3] "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2009". portrait.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[4] "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2010". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[5] "National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, NPPP2011". portrait.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

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[:6-13] 1 2 3 4 Jefferson, Dee (22 February 2019). "National Photographic Portrait Prize won by Alana Holmberg for photo of pregnant sister". ABC News. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[:7-14] 1 2 3 4 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[:8-15] 1 2 3 "Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[:9-16] 1 2 3 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[:11-17] 1 2 3 4 "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[18] "National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024". National Portrait Gallery exhibition. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[guard2025-19] 1 2 3 "Australian National photographic portrait prize 2025 – in pictures". The Guardian. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.

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