Upper Yarra
Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
Yarra Ranges Council release draft budget
Vale Yarra Junction resident Jeff Long
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Powerful portraits By Callum Ludwig The only Victorian showing of the finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize (NPPP) 2022 is at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum. The photographs are on display during the museum opening hours from Friday 9 June until Sunday 3 September. Warburton photographer and former filmmaker Iván Gaal is a finalist in the 2022 award, having also been in 2013 and 2015, and said he was very happy to be accepted. “Out of the 2500 entries, only 50 photographs are accepted so that in itself was a very good present for me,” he said. “This year I worked with David Mendaue OAM, who contracted HIV over 40 years ago. I had lost contact with him and met up with him two years ago and thought he is looking well. I thought he had a lot of character on his face, showing the survival instinct that he has had for 40 years.” The NPP has been running for 15 years, with entries coming in from amateur and professional photographers all over Australia. Director of Collection and Exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery Sandra Bruce was in town for the launch of the exhibition and to give guided tours on its first day and said one of the most fantastic things about it is that it’s always got such a broad range of Australian content. “There are people who are well known as the subjects or ‘sitters’ and there are those who are well-loved family members, it really is about the diverse exploration of the Australian experience,” she said. “It’s really great that some of the finalists this year are local too. One of the staff at the Portrait Gallery loves using this analogy of windows and mirrors. In some portraits you see a little bit of yourself reflected back because you have a connection with that person while others live in an entirely different world or space to you.” Turn to page 12 for more
Ivan Gaal with his submission ‘David Menadue’.
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