Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024

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The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases a wide range of portraits from inspiring contemporary photographers.

The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize is one of the most prestigious global photography awards, celebrating the very best in contemporary portraiture.

Exhibited annually at the National Portrait Gallery, London, it showcases talented professional and amateur photographers from around the world. Fully illustrated in colour throughout, it includes interviews with all prize-winning photographers, alongside extended captions for each exhibited work and insights from the judges. This book provides a unique opportunity to see an inspiring range of portraits from contemporary photographers selected from thousands of submissions.

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Clare Freestone is Curator of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She is the author of Yevonde: Life and Colour (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2023) and has contributed to Love Stories: Art, Passion & Tragedy (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2020), Photographs in Dialogue UAE - 1971 - UK (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2020) and Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2011).