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The National Photographic Portrait Prize supports and celebrates photographic portraiture in Australia. Each year the prize attracts thousands of entrants from emerging and established artistic talent across the country. Featuring famous faces and everyday Australians, the prize celebrates the vitality and diversity of photographic portraiture in Australia.

In 2025, finalists were selected by the panel of judges – writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law, Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery Serena Bentley, and Leigh Robb, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Following its exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 opens at Horsham Regional Art GAllery on Friday 16, October. This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.

This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program

Hoda ASHFAR, Untitled #01, from the series Code Black Riot 2024, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 Winner © Hoda Afshar