The National Portrait Gallery, London's annual photographic portrait prize was established in 2003 as the Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize. In the years 2006 and 2007 it was referred to simply as the Photographic Portrait Prize, while from 2008 new sponsors have resulted in the name Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. having done so since 2008. Taylor Wessing's relationship with the Gallery began in 2005 with their sponsorship of The World’s Most Photographed.
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- Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2003
- Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2004
- Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2005
- Photographic Portrait Prize 2006
- Photographic Portrait Prize 2007
- Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008
- Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011
- References
The prize is an open competition accepting submissions from amateur and professional photographers from anywhere. From about 6,000 submissions, 60 photographs are selected for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery between November and February. A shortlist of usually four photographers receives prizes which in 2012 were: £12,000 for first; £3,000 for second; £2,000 for third; and £1,000 for fourth. The competition is judged by a panel chaired by the Director of the National Portrait Gallery. In addition, there is an independently sponsored prize for a specific category, usually young photographers.
Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2003
- Roben Antoniewicz
- Victor Albrow
- Alan Powdrill
- Nadav Kander
The winner of The Deloitte Commission, for photographers 25 or under, was David Yeo.
Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2004
- Jens Lucking
- James Reeve
- Angus Fraser
- Henrik Knudsen
The winner of The Deloitte Commission, for photographers 25 or under, was Paul Plews.
Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2005
- Shara Henderson
- Philipp Ebeling
- Ric Bower
- Magnus Reed
The winner of The Deloitte Commission, for photographers 25 or under, was Karoline Hjorth.
Photographic Portrait Prize 2006
- Richard Boll
- Anna Bauer
- Kiran Master
- Kyoko Hamada
The winner of The Deloitte Commission, for photographers 25 or under, was Erin Kornfeld.
Photographic Portrait Prize 2007
- Jonathan Torgovnik
- Julieta Sans
- Michelle Sank
- David Stewart
The winner of the Godfrey Argent Award, for photographers 25 or under, was Ivor Pricket.
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008
- Lottie Davies
- Hendrik Kerstens
- Catherine Balet
- Tom Stoddart
The Godfrey Argent Award, for the best portrait in black and white, was awarded to Vanessa Winship.
- Paul Floyd Blake
- Vanessa Winship
- Michal Chelbin
- Mirjana Vrbaski
The winner of the Godfrey Argent Award, for photographers between 18 and 25, and the ELLE commission was Ali Lomas.
- David Chancellor
- Panayiotis Lamprou
- Jeffrey Stockbridge
- Abbie Trayler-Smith
The ELLE Commission was won by Clare Shilland.
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011
- Jooney Woodward
- Jill Wooster
- Dona Schwartz
- Jasper Clarke
- David Knight
The ELLE Commission was won by Jasper Clarke.
- Jordi Ruiz Cirera
- Jennifer Pattison
- Spencer Murphy
- Alma Haser
The John Kobal New Work Award, for photographers under 30, was awarded to Matthew Niederhauser.
The judges were Sean O'Hagan (photography critic at The Guardian), Emma Hardy, Lauren Heinz (director of Foto8), Glyn Morgan (a partner at Taylor Wessing LLP), Sandy Nairne (director of the National Portrait Gallery) and Terence Pepper (curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery).
- Spencer Murphy
- Giles Price
- Anoush Abrar
- Dorothee Deiss
- First prize was awarded to David Titlow for "Konrad Lars Hastings Titlow"
- Second prize was awarded to Jessica Fulford-Dobson for "Skate Girl"
- Third prize was awarded to Birgit Püve for "Braian and Ryan"
- Fourth prize was awarded to Blerim Racaj for "Indecisive Moment"
- First prize was awarded to David Stewart for "Five Girls 2014"
- Second prize was awarded to Anoush Abrar for "Hector"
- Third prize was awarded to Peter Zelewski for "Nyaueth"
- Fourth prize was awarded to Ivor Prickett for "Amira and her Children"
- John Kobal New Work Award was awarded to Tereza Cervenová for "Yngvild"
- First prize was awarded to Claudio Rasano for "Katlehong Matsenen 2016" from the series Similar Uniforms: We Refuse to Compare
- Second prize was awarded to Joni Sternbach for "16.02.20 #1 Thea+Maxwell" from the series Surfland
- Third prize was awarded to Kovi Konowiecki for "Shimi Beitar Illit" and "Tilly and Itty Beitar Illit" from the series Bei Mir Bistu Shein
- John Kobal New Work Award was awarded to Josh Redman for "Frances"