The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery was the first exhibition of the day, it features works by sixty portrait photographers from around the world. The competition is open to anyone and has 6000 submissions from professionals to amateurs and students.
http://www.npg.org.uk:8080/photoprize/site11/index.php - link to NPG's website page on the Taylor Wessing Prize.
Antonio Olmo's photo of friends mourning the loss of their friend to a stabbing is a particularly moving image I feel, they are stood around the shrine to their friend which has been decorated with bright flowers and they are dressed in probably their usual dark tracksuits and other clothing but contrasts with the flowers as if it were a funeral. But are their thoughts really with their deceased friend when they are texting away on their phones.
Darren Hall's photo of a woman moving through a crowd brings out ideas of individuality in a busy and crowded space. In the photo she stands out more than anyone else in the scene due to the lighting, It reminds me off the work by Philip-Lorca Dicorcia which also follows this idea of street photography portraiture with the model not knowing they are being photographed.
Dylan Collard's entry was taken from his series of images called 'Up My Street' in which he photographed local shops which were own by independent business people. I like how when I saw the image I thought of a road in my home city in Coventry which has similar small shops in which are being closed due to lack of business due to larger stores taking customers away.
http://www.dylancollard.com/#/portfolio - click for more of his series from 'Up My Street'
David Stewart's photo I liked because it looks at a social scene that I can relate to. While being at university the most mundane things become something interesting, boredom is a huge factor. So this social setting of the girl cutting this lads hair I find rather interesting.
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