JULIAN KINGMA

Exhibition dates. 20 May - 1 June 2025
Opening Reception : Wed 21 May 2025, 6:00 - 8:30 pm

An award-winning photographer asks, what constitutes a good death? 

Photographer Julian Kingma has travelled the country to do something no-one has attempted before – document terminally ill Australians who choose a voluntary assisted death. With essays from Andrew Denton and Richard Flanagan, in The Power of Choice he turns his camera on those who choose death – and those who help them on their final journey. Kingma meets a remarkable range of people – the dying, their families and carers, and the dedicated health professionals who walk alongside them until the end, often in the face of disapproval from their colleagues. He captures their stories of hope, struggle, courage and acceptance in deeply personal portraits and photo essays. 

Julian Kingma is an award-winning photographer whose work is regularly exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. Many of his works feature in its permanent collection.

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