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A YOUNG creative’s photograph of her father has netted her a nod in the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize.<\/p>\n

Anna Macak’s piece My daddy has dementia, he rests a lot is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra as one of four finalist pieces in the prize’s eight to 11 age category.<\/p>\n

The photo was taken two years ago and captures Macak’s father Gustav, who was diagnosed with dementia due to a brain injury a decade ago, one year before his daughter was born.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to take a picture of what was around me because I love my dad,” Macak said. “I took the photo when I was eight years old. I fixed up the lighting afterwards and put it in black and white.<\/p>\n

“I’m proud of it being hanged up and mum told me dad cried of happiness when she showed him the photo.”<\/p>\n

The work also won first prize in this year’s annual competition run by the Lal Lal Moorabool Photographic Group.<\/p>\n

Macak was taught photography by her mother Sonia, who’s been a professional photographer for about 20 years and exhibited at local and national galleries.<\/p>\n

She said her daughter’s depiction of Gustav, who now lives in a nursing home, is an incredible preservation of his memory.<\/p>\n

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My daddy has dementia, he rests a lot, by Anna Macak, has been on show at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra since last month. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“I think sometimes with dementia, people lose a bit of themselves and it’s that history,” she said.<\/p>\n

“To be part of an exhibition, for myself and my husband, when I told him that was happening he was really touched. It was like, ‘yes, I still matter.’<\/p>\n

“For Anna, it was like a family capturing of a dear moment. We told Gustav he’s like the Mona Lisa now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery.”<\/p>\n

Anna’s work is on display until Sunday 15 September, and she and her mother intend to visit the gallery in person with the aim of photographing the experience for Gustav.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A YOUNG creative’s photograph of her father has netted her a nod in the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize. Anna Macak’s piece My daddy has dementia, he rests a lot is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra as one of four finalist pieces in the prize’s eight to 11 age category. […]<\/p>\n

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