See work by photographers who entered the prestigious Taylor Wessing photographic prize, which goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery on 10 November 2011
An image of 16-year-old taken moments after his rescue wins a prestigious portrait photography prize.
London’s National Portrait Gallery awarded its prestigious Taylor Wessing prize to a baby-and-dog photo by David Titlow
In eastern Bolivia, where photographer Jordi Ruiz Cirera recently spent time with the Mennonites who've settled there, families still use gas lights and travel by horse and buggy. They're not used to the conveniences of the modern world and are still unfamiliar with most modern technologies, including cameras.
Portrait of South African drum majorette also on shortlist for prestigious photography award
The Taylor Wessing Portrait Photography Prize at the National Portrait Gallery is one of the most important international portrait awards in the photography calendar.
Pictures by Birgit Püve, Jessica Fulford-Dobson, Blerim Racaj and David Titlow in the running for the Taylor Wessing prize
Celebrating the best in portrait photography, with social and political commentary aplenty.
Premio de retrato fotográfico Taylor Wessing
David Stewart has won this year’s Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize by restaging his 2008 entry, a portrait of his daughter and her friends. Here are some of our…
A cherub, the Obamas and a family who fled Isis were on the Taylor Wessing shortlist – and David Stewart won the 2015 prize for a group shot of his daughter’s friends scoffing sushi, which mirrors one he took seven years ago
See work by photographers who entered the prestigious Taylor Wessing photographic prize, which goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery on 10 November 2011
From a transgender soldier to a young sumo wrestler, this year’s exhibition represents the most exciting portrait photography from around the world. Winners were chosen from 3,700 submissions from 70 countries
What makes a good photograph? What defines a bad one? And who do the judges of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait prize think they are?Such are the questions that arise from looking at the pictures included in this year’s Portrait Salon, an exhibition of photographs rejected by the National Portrait Gallery’s competition
This year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize presents us with themes of mortality, memory, and the broadening bandwidths of identity today. To find out exactly what portraiture means for the world today, we chat with Magda Keaney, the prize’s curator, on the judging process and the magic of portraiture.
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 is at the National Portrait Gallery from 16 November 2017 to 8 February 2018.
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait son unos premios que otorga la National Portrait Gallery de Londres a las mejores fotografías de retratos contemporáneas que ilustran y celebran la diversidad de nuestra sociedad. Estos son los ganadores de la edición de 2018.
Calling all photographers; entry is now open for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2017. Sponsored by Taylor Wessing since 2008, the Prize is one of the most competitive...
Shots of a Bolivian Mennonite, Mark Rylance and a nude woman in a derelict Brighton bedroom are on the shortlist for this year's Taylor Wessing portrait prize
We speak to the winner of this year’s Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize about photographing British teens, from 80s Ramones fans to Directioners.
This year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize presents us with themes of mortality, memory, and the broadening bandwidths of identity today. To find out exactly what portraiture means for the world today, we chat with Magda Keaney, the prize’s curator, on the judging process and the magic of portraiture.
This year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize presents us with themes of mortality, memory, and the broadening bandwidths of identity today. To find out exactly what portraiture means for the world today, we chat with Magda Keaney, the prize’s curator, on the judging process and the magic of portraiture.
See work by photographers who entered the prestigious Taylor Wessing photographic prize, which goes on show at the National Portrait Gallery on 10 November 2011
A cherub, the Obamas and a family who fled Isis were on the Taylor Wessing shortlist – and David Stewart won the 2015 prize for a group shot of his daughter’s friends scoffing sushi, which mirrors one he took seven years ago
This year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize presents us with themes of mortality, memory, and the broadening bandwidths of identity today. To find out exactly what portraiture means for the world today, we chat with Magda Keaney, the prize’s curator, on the judging process and the magic of portraiture.
Gallery: Portrait Salon was founded in 2011 by Carole Evans and James O Jenkins to showcase the best of the rejected images from the Taylor Wessing photography prize, which is organised annually by the National Portrait Gallery in London – here are the best of this year’s selection
From a transgender soldier to a young sumo wrestler, this year’s exhibition represents the most exciting portrait photography from around the world. Winners were chosen from 3,700 submissions from 70 countries
Shots of a Bolivian Mennonite, Mark Rylance and a nude woman in a derelict Brighton bedroom are on the shortlist for this year's Taylor Wessing portrait prize
These portrait photographers will bring a little extra flare to your Instagram feed in the new year
How come shortlists are always unveiled rather than released? I like it, it brings to mind the image of a ruddy-faced dignitary pulling away a velvet curtain. To be honest I don’t think that's how The National Portrait Gallery does it when it comes to announcing the shortlist for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, but nevermind because the four photographs in the running are, as ever, stunning.
Erica the android drew the headlines, but the human drama of haunting family scenes, gun-toting teenagers and – ultimately – a refugee plucked from the sea was this year’s compelling story
The annual Taylor Wessing prize showcases the best in contemporary photography from around the globe. Here are some of the highlights from this year’s competition
