National Portrait Photographic Prize call for entires

3 October 2019

The call for entries for the annual National Portrait Photographic Prize (NPPP) is now open. This year, the overall winners stands to take home over $50,000 in prizes for the most outstanding photographic portrait. The prize includes $30,000 cash and over $22,000 in Canon gear. The Highly Commended winner will receive an Eizo ColorEdge CG2730 27" monitor valued at $3245.

Entries close at midnight on Monday 21 October 2019 (Australian Eastern Standard Time).

Follow this link for entry guidelines.

A gallery of previous winners can be seen here.

Greta in her kitchen, 36 weeks, 2018. © Alana Holmberg. Pregnancy carried my sister into a new chapter of her life and she welcomed it warmly. Effortlessly. Ready for things to change. We’d spent much of our late twenties debating the ‘right time’, if there was even such a thing, but she’d found it. This portrait is an attempt to depict the tranquility in Greta’s transition into motherhood, and her trust in the future.
Greta in her kitchen, 36 weeks, 2018. © Alana Holmberg. Pregnancy carried my sister into a new chapter of her life and she welcomed it warmly. Effortlessly. Ready for things to change. We’d spent much of our late twenties debating the ‘right time’, if there was even such a thing, but she’d found it. This portrait is an attempt to depict the tranquility in Greta’s transition into motherhood, and her trust in the future.

In 2019, the overall winners was Alana Holmberg for her portrait, Greta In Her Kitchen, 36 weeks. Alex Vaughan took out the Highly Commended award for her image, Sumbawa Pride – Life on a Boat With Eleven Kids. The People’s Choice Award went to Kate Atkinson for her portrait, The textiles scientist.

 

Sumbawa pride – life on a boat with eleven kids, 2018. © Alex Vaughan. Beccie, Steve and their eleven children left rural Tasmania behind to take to the high seas on their thirteen-metre boat and full-time home, Sumbawa. Three day-old baby girl ‘Squeak’ is the first of the siblings to be born on the boat. Here, they take a break from their travels, anchoring off Chinamans Beach in Sydney, Australia in February 2018.
Sumbawa pride – life on a boat with eleven kids, 2018. © Alex Vaughan. Beccie, Steve and their eleven children left rural Tasmania behind to take to the high seas on their thirteen-metre boat and full-time home, Sumbawa. Three day-old baby girl ‘Squeak’ is the first of the siblings to be born on the boat. Here, they take a break from their travels, anchoring off Chinamans Beach in Sydney, Australia in February 2018.

Interviews with six winners of the National Photographic Portrait Prize

Ingvar Kenne, Jacqueline Mitelman, Rod McNicol, Janelle Low, Andrew Cowe, and Hoda Afshar talk about their photography practice and the effect of winning on their careers.

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