STREET PORTRAITS COMPETITION
Get inspired by Hoppé and you could see your images on display at the Gallery
Like a well-cut gem London has a thousand facets and in all of them is a picture
E.O. Hoppé, The Image of London.
Hoppé Portraits showcases Hoppé’s fascinating photojournalist studies of everyday British life. Hoppé documented a wide variety of people in their environments including schoolchildren, waiters, postmen, circus performers and flower sellers. These ‘street’ photographs create a fascinating portrait of Britain and city life in London in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Many of the locations and activities depicted are still familiar today - London Zoo, Madame Tussauds, The Savoy Hotel, Hyde Park, commuters travelling on the London Underground and shoppers in Regent Street.
Inspired by Hoppé’s portrayal of his era through street photography we invited you to submit your photographic portraits of everyday life in the 2010s.
The Flickr competition is now closed. Thank you to all who entered. You can see all the entries here Hoppé Portraits Flickr group.
The winners will be announced on Friday 13 May 2011.
All the photographs entered will be projected at the Late Shift Extra event on Friday 13 May (18.00 – 22.00). The five winners will be put on display in the Gallery for the final two weeks of the exhibition and on the National Portrait Gallery website.
The five winners will also receive a copy of the exhibition catalogue (RRP £30) and a pair of tickets for our forthcoming photographic exhibitions Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer and Glamour of the Gods: Hollywood Portraits.
L-R: Passengers on a bus, London by E.O. Hoppé, 1945
Bank Holiday in the Park, London by E.O. Hoppé, 1929
all © 2011 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc.
Terms and conditions
Hoppe Flickr group: rules
- 1. You may contribute photographic portraits to this group which are inspired by Hoppé’s street photography for example, depicting everyday life, city life, street images
- 2. Any photographs you submit may be displayed in the following ways, in addition to appearing in the National Portrait Gallery group on the Flickr website:
- on a screen at the National Portrait Gallery, London from 13 to 30 May 2011 - with attribution via Flickr Member Name
- on the National Portrait Gallery website in relation to the Hoppé Portraits exhibition. Any photos used will be attributed to the contributor's Flickr Member Name and link back to the original photographs on Flickr
- projected in the Gallery at the Late Shift Extra event on 13 May - 3. The National Portrait Gallery will not otherwise use, print or archive contributors' photographs in any way other than those outlined above in Rule 2 above, without first obtaining the explicit additional permission of the Flickr contributor.
- 4. Images must be a minimum of 500KB in size.
- 5. Contributions must not contain explicit or offensive material (i.e. pornography, racial discrimination, violence etc.), or infringe the intellectual property rights or copyright of a third party.
- 6. You can add up to a maximum of 10 photographs to the Group.
- 7. The National Portrait Gallery Flickr Group photographs are moderated so, once accepted, it may take up to 48 hours for your photographs to be added to the Group's pool.
- 8. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into
- 9. The closing date is 12 midnight on Thursday 5 May 2011
- 9. By submitting your photograph to the National Portrait Gallery’s Flickr Group, you agree to the above rules and also the project's full terms and conditions.