Portrait photograph of Ignatius Jones
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- Type
- Portrait photographs
- Materials
- Card, Photographic emulsion
- Collection
- Jon Lewis collection
- Accession number
- 2000.0041.0275
Description
A black and white silver gelatin print on card showing the face of a man with dark hair, wearing a white collar over a textured jacket.
About the collection
The exhibition 'Face to Face - 200 Portraits 1986 - 1988' created by Jon Lewis is a map of the face of Australia during the Bicentennial year, 1988. The striking images have become a signature piece of the National Museum of Australia's permanent Eternity gallery, having been purchased by the Museum in 2001. Jon Lewis is an internationally recognised photographer who is renowned for depicting snapshots of everyday life with warmth and humanity. The photographs were all taken in Lewis' Sydney studio. The portraits are in black and white and are a mixture of notable Australians and unknown members of the general public, of varying ages and backgrounds.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:51:03 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-23. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.