Photographic Portrait Prize 2007
Annual exhibition and prize at the National Portrait Gallery which showcases the work of the most talented emerging young photographers, photography students and gifted amateurs alongside that of established professionals.
The introduction answered my earlier question, at the Pop Art Portraits, of what is a portrait. This exhibition defined it as “photography concerned with portraying people with an emphasis in their identity as individuals.” This that about says it!
It was a nice collection of photographs, each with something to say. I found there was too heavy an emphasis on children.
My favourites were “The Lime Plasterer” by Clare Richardson, a man and his dog outside the house he had helped to plaster, “Sophia” by Billy and Hells, which explored the effects of light in Dutch C17th paintings and “Otis Ferry and his hunting hounds” by Tim Waite which gives a new take on old hunting prints.
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The introduction answered my earlier question, at the Pop Art Portraits, of what is a portrait. This exhibition defined it as “photography concerned with portraying people with an emphasis in their identity as individuals.” This that about says it!
It was a nice collection of photographs, each with something to say. I found there was too heavy an emphasis on children.
My favourites were “The Lime Plasterer” by Clare Richardson, a man and his dog outside the house he had helped to plaster, “Sophia” by Billy and Hells, which explored the effects of light in Dutch C17th paintings and “Otis Ferry and his hunting hounds” by Tim Waite which gives a new take on old hunting prints.
Reviews
Times
Guardian
Daily Telegraph
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