Voters will go into the draw to win two nights at the Crowne Plaza in Canberra, a VIP tour of the NPG , and a Curatoreum voucher or copy of “The Companion”.

There have been more than 8000 votes for the People’s Choice so far with voting available both at the Portrait Gallery and online at npg.gov.au. The winner will be announced on Monday, June 15 on the website.

The winner for 2015, Melbourne photographer Hoda Afshar, was a unanimous choice for  the $25,000 prize. Her work “Portrait of Ali 2014”, depicts a young Iranian boy in the mountainous terrain of Northern Iran.

To jog your memory, the full list of finalists (minus the Joko Widodo portrait by Adam Ferguson) is available at portrait.gov.au/poll/nppp2015-peoples-choice

The annual prize is the Portrait Gallery’s most popular exhibition, promoting the very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by both professional and aspiring Australian photographers. Each year, the exhibition travels to galleries around the country to show Australians living in regional areas the great work being produced by photographers in this country.

This year’s Prize attracted 2400 entries – the most ever received. Judges Angus Trumble, NPG director,  Christopher Chapman, NPG senior curator, and guest judge, Australian photographer Nikki Toole, selected the final 44 portraits that make up the exhibition.

The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015 will close on Monday, June 8. It will then travel to Artspace Mackay, Cairns Regional Gallery, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery over the next year.