David Prichard’s series, a tribute to Indigenous stock women, was shot in the north of Queensland
Striking portraits of Australian First Nations stock women who spent most of their working lives on cattle stations in Far North Queensland have won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.
The National Portrait Gallery on Monday named a Sydney-based photographer, David Prichard, as the winner of the 2021 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize for his series, Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women. He wins £15,000.