Doug Moran National Portrait Prize

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Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, the richest Australian portrait prize, and also the richest portrait prize in the world, with a prize of $A100,000 in 2005. It was started by the Moran family. Entries are exhibited at the State Library of NSW. Painters and subjects must be Australian citizens, as specified in the rules. It was begun in 1988 to celebrate Australia's bicentenary.

There was a court case in 2002-2004 involving the Moran family and the Tweed Shire Council, which ended with an out of court settlement. Following this, there was no longer a $1000 prize paid to the 30 finalists who did not win, and no longer an international judge.

Contents 1 List of winners 2 Notable entries 3 Photographic Prize 3.1 List of Winners 3.1.1 Open Section 3.1.2 Schools Section (Secondary, Years 11 and 12) 3.1.3 Schools Section (Secondary, Years 9 and 10) 3.1.4 Schools Section (Secondary, Years 7 and 8) 4 External links

[edit] List of winners

• 1988 - Penny Dowie - Caitlin
• 1990 - Robert Hannaford - Bill
• 1992 - Siv Grava - Self portrait
• 1994 - Josonia Palaitis - John Mills
• 1996 - Greg Creek, Picture of Carolyn Eskdale, 1996
• 1998 - Esther Erlich - Gaunt and glorious - Steve Moneghetti
• 2000 - Kristin Headlam - Self-portrait in bed with the animals
• 2002 - David Fairbairn - Red Portrait Suzanne (his wife, Suzanne Archer)
• 2004 - Prudence Flint - A Fine Romance #9
• 2006 - Peter Wegner - Wounded Poet (of the poet, Graham Doyle)
• 2007 - Leslie Rice - Self Portrait 2007
• 2008 - Fiona Lowry What I Assume You Shall Assume (Self-portrait)

[edit] Notable entries

• 2004 - Merrick and Rosso by Anwen Keeling

[edit] Photographic Prize

Starting in 2007 The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize is also being awarded in three sections: open, secondary schools and primary schools. The secondary schools section is further divided into three categories according to the school year of the student: years 11 to 12, years 9 to 10 and years 7 to 8.

[edit] List of Winners

[edit] Open Section

• 2007 - Ben Searcy Waiting for News on David -Terry and Bev Hicks on the five year anniversary of David's detainment [1]
• 2008 - Belinda Mason Four Generations [2]

[edit] Schools Section (Secondary, Years 11 and 12)

• 2007 - Ronnie Ling The Usual Suspects [3]
• 2008 - Alex Case Where You've Been Hiding [4]

[edit] Schools Section (Secondary, Years 9 and 10)

• 2007 - Ronald Au Otamop [5]
• 2008 - Larissa Enright Sinking [6]

[edit] Schools Section (Secondary, Years 7 and 8)

• 2007 - Vonny Chui Constant Change [7]
• 2008 - Alden Leong Pollution [8]

[edit] External links

• Moran Prizes website
• Previous winners from 2008. Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
• How divorce was raised to a high art
• Major awards for our finest photos

Australian art awards

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