Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2015

Specification

Publication Date: 12 November 2015
Price: £15
ISBN: 978 1855 1455 11
Format: 280 x 220mm
Illustrations: 59
Extent: 72pp
Binding: Paperback with flaps
Category: Photography

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Out of print

Interviews by Richard McClure
In Focus photographer: Pieter Hugo

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize celebrates the vitality and excellence in portrait photography today. This Prize is one of the
most important platforms for contemporary portrait photographers internationally, and fifty-nine reproductions of the selected works provide an excellent overview of current photographic styles, trends and techniques.

Description

This book provides a unique opportunity to see an inspiring range of portraits from contemporary photographers selected from thousands of submissions. The works included are not only about the sitters but also reveal the outstanding skill of the photographers, in capturing a moment in time, and conveying something of the spirit of those photographed.

This year marks the introduction of In Focus, a display of new works by an internationally renowned photographer that will be exhibited alongside those of the finalists. The works are reproduced in the catalogue, together with other well-known examples by the photographer and an interview about his life and work. This year’s In Focus photographer is Pieter Hugo, who was chosen by the Gallery for his uncompromising, insightful and occasionally provocative approach to portraiture.

Fully illustrated in colour throughout, the book also features all the selected entries, comments and insights from the judges and interviews with the prizewinners.

Contributors

Pieter Hugo has exhibited worldwide, published eight volumes of work, and won numerous international awards, including two prizes at Rencontres d’Arles in 2008 and the Seydou Keita Award at the 2011 Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennial in Mali.

Richard McClure is a freelance journalist.