17 Evocative Images From Australia’s 2015 National Photographic Portrait Contest

‘Portrait of Ali’ 2014 by Hoda Afshar

(Credit: Hoda Afshar, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Blue’ 2014 by Adrian P Connelly

(Credit: Adrian P Connelly, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Matilda after the match’ 2014 by Andrew Merry

(Credit: Andrew Merry, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Catherine in black silk’ 2014 by Chris Budgeon

(Credit: Chris Budgeon, National Portrait Gallery)

‘HOMELAND The importance of place’ 2014 by Dave Laslett

(Credit: Dave Laslett, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Beau & Leon’ 2014 by David Rosendale

(Credit: David Rosendale, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Who’s that lady? 2014 by Ferne Millen

(Credit: Ferne Millen, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Ronnie Howard still dancing’ 2014 by Ivan Gaal

(Credit: Ivan Gaal, National Portrait Gallery)

‘A look I’ve never seen before’ 2014 by Ketakii Jewson-Brown

(Credit: Ketakii Jewson-Brown, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Cactus World, Lester Meyers’ 2014 by Man Tsun Cheung

(Credit: Man Tsun Cheung, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Now we must climb higher’ 2014 by Mark Hopper

(Credit: Mark Hopper, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Ela Stiles’ 2014 by Max Doyle

(Credit: Max Doyle, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Feather and the Goddess Pool’ 2014 by Natalie Grono

(Credit: Natalie Grono, National Portrait Gallery)

‘My home’ 2014 by Peter Blakeman

(Credit: Peter Blakeman, National Portrait Gallery)

‘Not so remote’ 2014 by Philip Myers

(Credit: Philip Myers, National Portrait Gallery)

‘The morticians’ 2014 by Rohan Thomson

(Credit: Rohan Thomson, National Portrait Gallery)

‘The Christening’ 2014 by Sarah Rhodes

(Credit: Sarah Rhodes, National Portrait Gallery)

These portraits will be featured at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia until June 8th, 2015.