Zanele MUHOLI<br/> <em>Ntozkhe II (Parktown)</em> (2016) <!-- (recto) --><br /> from the <i>Somnyama Ngonyama</i> series 2015–16<br /> gelatin silver photograph<br /> (99.0 x 74.0 cm) (image)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2017<br /> 2017.461<br /> © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson, New York <!--123024-->
Zanele MUHOLI
Ntozkhe II (Parktown) (2016)
from the Somnyama Ngonyama series 2015–16
gelatin silver photograph
(99.0 x 74.0 cm) (image)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2017
2017.461
© Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson, New York
Collection

Photography

Established in 1967, the NGV Photography collection has more than 15,000 photographs, representing some of the leading practitioners in the history of the medium. Today, the collection encompasses works from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, and photo media by artists from Australia and across the world.

Maggie Finch
Curator, Photography

Collection Highlights

MAN RAY<br/> <em>Kiki with African mask</em> 1926 <!-- (recto) --><br /> gelatin silver photograph<br /> 21.1 x 27.6 cm (image) 22.1 x 28.5 cm (sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Miss Flora MacDonald Anderson and Mrs Ethel Elizabeth Ogilvy Lumsden, Founder Benefactors, 1983<br /> PH137-1983<br /> © Man Ray Trust. ADAGP/Copyright Agency <!--9783--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/9783"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> MAN RAY
Kiki with African mask
 1926 Henri CARTIER-BRESSON<br/> <em>Simiane-la-Rotonde, France</em> (1969) <!-- (recto) --><br /> gelatin silver photograph<br /> (24.1 x 35.5 cm) (image) (30.4 x 40.6 cm) (sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2021<br /> 2021.544<br /> © Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos <!--146913--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/146913"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Henri CARTIER-BRESSON
Simiane-la-Rotonde, France
 (1969) ringl+pit, Berlin<br /> Grete STERN<br /> Ellen AUERBACH<br/> <em>Komol</em> (1931); 1984 {printed} <!-- (recto) --><br /> gelatin silver photograph<br /> 34.4 x 23.3 cm (image) 35.2 x 24.0 cm (sheet)<br /> ed. 1/6<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2022<br /> 2022.149<br /> © ringl+pit <!--148656--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/148656"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> ringl+pit, Berlin Grete STERN Ellen AUERBACH
Komol
 (1931); printed 1984 Julia Margaret CAMERON<br/> <em>Mrs Herbert Duckworth, her son George, Florence Fisher and H. A. L. Fisher</em> (c. 1871) <!-- (recto) --><br /> albumen silver photograph<br /> 31.0 x 22.7 cm (image and sheet) 35.4 x 24.5 cm (support)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Herald & Weekly Times Limited, Fellow, 1979<br /> PH16-1979<br /> <!--11355--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/11355"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Julia Margaret CAMERON
Mrs Herbert Duckworth, her son George, Florence Fisher and H. A. L. Fisher
 (c. 1871) Douglas T. KILBURN<br/> <em>No title (Group of Koori men)</em> (c. 1847) <!-- (recto) --><br /> daguerreotype, leather, wood, velvet, brass<br /> (7.5 x 6.5 cm) (image) 9.2 x 7.9 x 1.7 cm (case) (closed)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased from Admission Funds, 1983<br /> PH407-1983<br /> <!--10001--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/10001"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Douglas T. KILBURN
No title (Group of Koori men)
 (c. 1847) Zanele MUHOLI<br/> <em>Ntozkhe II (Parktown)</em> (2016) <!-- (recto) --><br /> from the <i>Somnyama Ngonyama</i> series 2015–16<br /> gelatin silver photograph<br /> (99.0 x 74.0 cm) (image)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2017<br /> 2017.461<br /> © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson, New York <!--123024--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/123024"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Zanele MUHOLI
Ntozkhe II (Parktown)
 (2016)
from the Somnyama Ngonyama series 2015–16 Barbara KASTEN<br/> <em>Composition 8T</em> 2018 <!-- (recto) --><br /> digital type C print<br /> 160.0 x 121.9 cm (image and sheet)<br /> ed. 1/1<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2018<br /> 2018.1307<br /> © Barbara Kasten, courtesy Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf <!--137676--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/137676"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Barbara KASTEN
Composition 8T
 2018 Hoda AFSHAR<br/> <em>Untitled #4</em> (2015); (2017) {printed} <!-- (recto) --><br /> from the <i>Behold</i> series 2015<br /> inkjet print<br /> 95.5 x 120.0 cm (image) 127.1 x 142.8 cm (sheet)<br /> ed. 2/5<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018<br /> 2018.37<br /> © Hoda Afshar. Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane <!--132445--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/132445"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Hoda AFSHAR
Untitled #4
 (2015); printed (2017)
from the Behold series 2015 Yvonne TODD<br/> <em>Werta</em> 2005 <!-- (recto) --><br /> lightjet print<br /> <br /> ed. 3/4<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2013<br /> 2013.601<br /> © Yvonne Todd <!--107833--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/107833"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Yvonne TODD
Werta
 2005 Elad LASSRY<br/> <em>Russian blue</em> 2012 <!-- (recto) --><br /> type C photograph, painted frame<br /> (34.7 x 27.1 cm) (image) 36.8 x 29.1 x 3.8 cm (frame)<br /> ed. 3/5<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Yvonne Pettengell Bequest, 2014<br /> 2014.37<br /> © Elad Lassry <!--111331--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/111331"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Elad LASSRY
Russian blue
 2012 Christian Thompson<br/> <em>Equilibrium</em> 2015; 2016 {printed} <!-- (recto) --><br /> from the <i>Museum of Others</i> series 2015–16<br /> type C photograph on metallic paper<br /> 120.2 x 120.4 cm (image) 128.2 x 126.9 cm (sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2017<br /> 2017.113.1<br /> © Christian Thompson <!--122778--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/122778"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Christian Thompson
Equilibrium
 2015; printed 2016
from the Museum of Others series 2015–16 Miriam Charlie<br/> <em>Nancy Kidd inside her house, Garrwa One camp</em> 2015 <!-- (recto) --><br /> from the <i>My Country no home</i> series 2015<br /> type C photograph<br /> 33.4 x 50.0 cm (image) 43.0 x 59.9 cm (sheet)<br /> ed. 2/3<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2016<br /> 2016.600<br /> © Miriam Charlie. Courtesy of the artist and N.Smith Gallery, Sydney <!--122167--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/122167"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Miriam Charlie
Nancy Kidd inside her house, Garrwa One camp
 2015
from the My Country no home series 2015
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