Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
- Taylor Wessing and National Portrait Gallery.
- Annual.
- First prize of £12,000, second prize £3,000, third prize £2,000, fourth prize £1,000. National Portrait Gallery exhibition of the work of 60 artists. Elle magazine commission for the winner.
- Any photographer of any nationality may enter, as long as they are over 18. In 2009/2010, 2,500 photographers submitted more than 6,700 pieces. Each artist can submit up to six photographs.
- Aims to ‘…showcase the work of the most talented emerging young photographers, photography students and gifted amateurs alongside that of established professionals’.
- A panel of six whittles down the entries to 60 for the exhibition. The prizewinners are then chosen.
- http://www.npg.org.uk/photoprize1/site14/index.php