The Australian Center for Photography is putting a creative twist on National Pride in its latest exhibition 'My Favourite Australian'. Running until the 5th of June 2010 the exhibition is a collabroration between The National Portrait Gallery and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. They have asked the public to vote for their most 'popular' favourite Australian as well as the unsung heroes of the country. To create the exhibition they took these results and commissioned some of Australias leading artists and filmmakers to create short duration, moving image portraits for each of the winners of the public vote.
The result is a unique departure from normal portraiture due to the artists being given the freedom to explore and develop their concepts around their subjects, some of which include names such as Fred Hollows and Olivia Newton-John.
You can find more information on this exhibition as well as the galleries other current exhibitions at their website http://www.acp.org.au/.
