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    Family loss. Photo © Joe Wigdahl, winner of the Head On Portrait Prize 2014

    Head On Portrait Prize 2015

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    Now in its 12th year, the Head On Portrait Prize is one of Australia’s most critically acclaimed photographic portrait competitions.

    See the works of the 40 finalists, including the three winners of this internationally renowned photography competition, representing a vibrant and diverse cross-section of new and traditional photographic practices.  This year we will also feature the finalists of the inaugural Head On Student Prize, which showcases amazing photography by Australian school students.

    Sydney Living Museums is pleased to present this photography exhibition in partnership with the Head On Photo Festival.

    Visit the Head On Photo Festival website for further information.

     

    Head On Photo Awards 2015: video

    Head On Photo Awards 2015 Play Video
    2 May 2015 - 8 June 2015
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    Logo: Head On photographic festival portrait prize

    Head On is simply too big and too popular to be ignored. It attests to an overwhelming public interest in photography as the democratic art form of our age, and confirms Sydney’s status as the event capital of Australia.

    John McDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 May 2014

    Finalists: Head On 2015

    Black and white photo of elderly couple smiling at the camera. The man wears a black suite with pork pie hat and the lady wears a black jumper under a polka-dot shirt
    Linda Wachtel: Adolek and Marysia, from the series We Are Here
    Black and white photo of three tattoo covered men in the back of a vintage car. One is smoking a cigar.
    Jonathan May: Angel, Sinner and Lazz
    Stylised photo, mid shot of man in suit and white hat with sunbeams peaking through the trees
    Glyn Patrick: JOHN
    Styled in the manner of an impressionist painting, a young woman with red lipstick, black jacket and pale blue skirt stands behind a bar
    Ben Scott: Girl at the bar
    Woman with Asian heritage covered in white paint on white background
    Nicola Bernadi: [White]
    Indigenous man with full beard and hair tied back with red band, holds his hand over his right eye
    Richard Hedger: Jack Charles
    Photograph of reflection of photographer in window and in mirror in room beyond window.
    Anna Fenech Harris: Self Portrait
    Black and white closeup portrait of man with hand on side of face.
    Nicolas Walker: Gurrumul
    Photograph of young girl wearing simple white top, with orange-red hair combed down and wrapped around neck as ornament.
    Nicole Wells: Untitled
    Man in blue uniform with yellow cleaning equipment and plastic bags.
    Sean Fennessy: Peter
    Three people on bed, central figure is boy jumping with light focused on him, with girl (left) and woman (right) looking on.
    Stephen Corey: Lift Off

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