Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 Shortlist Announced

Tanique Williams, Cape Town, South Africa, 2018 from the series Drummies by Alice Mann © Alice Mann

Four photographers have been shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018, the international photography award organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London.

The prize-winning portraits include photographs of a London mother holding her baby; a child from a remote village in the jungle of Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province; a series on the all-female teams of drum majorettes in South Africa’s Western Province; and a double portrait of a pair of shoppers taken in England’s capital. 

The following four photographers have been shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018:

•  Max Barstow - 'Untitled from the series Londoners'
•  Enda Bowe - 'Cybil McAddy with daughter Lulu from the series Clapton Blossom'
•  Joey Lawrence - 'Portrait of 'Strong Joe Smart from the series Tombo's Wound'
•  Alice Mann - 'Keisha Ncube, Cape Town, South Africa, 2017 from the series Drummies'

The prizes for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 will be announced on Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 19.00. 

Untitled from the series Londoners by Max Barstow 2017 © Max Barstow

Portrait of 'Strong' Joe Smart from the series Tombo's Wound by Joey Lawrence 2017 © Joey Lawrence

 Cybil McAddy with daughter Lulu from the series Clapton Blossom by Enda Bowe 2018 © Enda Bowe