Hold Still Gallery

A portrait of our nation

in 2020


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Gimba - the ward host

By Hassan Akkad
Location: London
During the peak of the pandemic, I signed up to work as a cleaner in a…

5/100
Be safe daddy x

By Ceri A. Edwards
Location: Newport South Wales
This picture was originally a piece of work set for our…

8/100
Where’s Grandpa?

By Roni Liyanage
Location: London
The moment when my daughter, Gaby, could embrace her grandmother, Teri,…

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Empty

By Julie Thiberg
Location: Hitchin
This was just before lockdown happened, when I took my son shopping. I…

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Prayers for our community

By The Revd. Tim Hayward
Location: Bunbury
When it was announced church buildings were to be closed to the…

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‘Keep smiling through’

By Jessica Sommerville
Location: Sheffield
This is my darling Nan, my ray of shining light. She raised me to…

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Melanie, March 2020

By Johannah Churchill
Location: London
I took this photograph of my colleague Melanie wearing PPE in…

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We're really lucky to have a garden

By Robert Coyle
Location: Sale, Manchester
The weekend is here, lockdown continues and Bernadette and…


 

This project is being supported by international law firm
Taylor Wessing, long-time sponsor of the National Portrait Gallery.

This project is being supported by international law firm
Taylor Wessing, long-time sponsor of the National Portrait Gallery.