National Portrait Gallery

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I found it very hard to choose just one portrait that I believed should have been a winner therefore Plenty and Gori, Bougrainville have tied in first place although I could have probably had another three or more potential winners.


Plenty
Anton Perry

This portrait stood out to me mainly because of the subjects unmistakeable 'West Side Story' like position. Even though the man is not centered, i believe the subject matter in the background evenly weighs out the image. The dancers head protruding the blown out skyline is effective in drawing the eye directly towards his slightly koi facial expression. To me his face, although not smiling, conveys a sense of larrikinism.


Gori, Bougainville
Stuart Miller

The intensitive of this mans gaze is unreal and extremely intimidating. His pose and state of undress gives and undeniable sense of power and strength which is aided also by the slightly lower than usual angle of the shot. The flash that has obviously been used defines the mans fisique and also brings him out of the gloomy background. The fact that is is raining simply adds to the dramatism of the image.


Least Favourite



Paul Capsis as his Grandmother Angela
Micheal Corridore

It was easy to be not entirely impressed by some of the images but quite hard to pick one that did not deserve to be there. At first glance from a distance i had nothing against this image. It was not untill I got up close that I could see a resembalance to one of my favourite movie stars, Al Pacino. Now when I look at the portrait all i get from it is that it's unintentionally taking the piss out of Scarface, and no one takes the piss out of Scarface.