1233 Portrait Prize

At the 1233 Portrait Prize Exhibition the finalist were given a prime position in the Maitland Regional Gallery. Many thanks. Here are the ten finalists. The winner is on the lower row in the centre.

Artist

Congrats to Sarah who took the ribbon in the Portrait Prize. A lovely self portrait that started as the dark horse I think, but came home strong. I walked home with a Highly Commended but no free ride to the ACT.

My image of Roland is now hanging in the Maitland Regional Art Gallery for the next three weeks. The ten final images do their creators honour and represent a great effort by most who participated. It was a stretch for me to tackle the genre, but now have a liking for the sport and will pursue this interest with more vigour in the future.

A couple of extra images of Andy from the last session.

Artist

Mr Andy Devine, draughtsman, painter and all round good fellow volunteered to stand before my camera last week on the final day of the Photo Prize. Wishing to avoid the last minute stress of photographing, processing and delivering the image all in the final moments of the due date I had sensibly decided not to use Andy for the prize.

And what a shame that was...

Another day, another face

Two more kind folk passed before my lens today.
I hope I've found something in each that says something to you.

There are still one or two more people in the queue, but this will be my last chance to get any feedback before I submit to the mercy of the judges. I've put a name and number with each portrait posted over the last couple of days. If you could take a moment and let me know which images work for you I would be very grateful. Thanks

Glenn #1

Rachel #1

Two more portraits

Two more versions of portraits from recent days.

Carrie #4

Roland #3

Colour ?

I guess I'm wondering why William Eggleston, Stephen Shore et al. bothered sometimes. Their ground breaking work in colour photography has largely been ignored by yours truly of late. Beautiful, arresting images from way down south in Memphis. So, I thought I'd better add in some of the colour images and resist the urge to allow the tones to have the stronger voice. That's after all where this particular image was meant to go.
Sometimes I just can't resist the power of the black and white. Judge for yourself and please let me know what you think.

Roland #2

Something new from yesterday and someone new from today. It is my aim to photograph a new portrait every day this week. I have two people lined up for tomorrow. We'll see if I can keep up the pace.

Carrie #3

Roland #1

Portraits

A couple of today's portraits. Many thanks to Carrie who volunteered to have water sprayed in her face while being subjected to the cameras scrutiny. A truly lovely person, I've known Carrie for a few years now and can't ever see enough of her.

Thanks also to Clare also subjected to the water torture albeit from behind the glass.

Would love all feedback as I am to submit three portraits by the end of the week, one of which will hang at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG)

Carrie #1

Carrie #2

Night Drive

Clare

Blue Sky Mining

If you have a look at the links attached to this blog, you'll see Richard Avedon's name. After the stunning images he made it's difficult to think of myself as a portrait photographer. And if you've followed this blog at all you'll know that I am more interested in the flotsam and jetsam of life than anything more conspicuous.

As I prepare to embark on the portrait challenge I have involved myself in, I will allow myself this small indulgence. An image from I trip I did last January coming home from northern NSW. Nambucca Heads. A small south-east coastal town in NSW. On this overnight stop I walked and walked. Camera in hand I found much to enjoy.

Xmas Day - Portrait Prize

Well then, the image in the previous post was entered a couple of days ago into the 1233 Portrait Prize. Run by the ABC and the Maitland Regional Art Gallery. I've been fortunate enough to have been selected as one of the Ten Finalists.

From here we final ten have been awarded a workshop with SMH Photographer Quentin Jones. Following the workshop we create another portrait image for judging, with the winner receiving a trip for two to the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. All ten finalist will have their work shown at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery. This is the prize for me.

Congratulations to the other nine finalists.
Below is one of the other images I submitted into the Prize.