The Wick List

Viewing Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

The Wick Culture - Merna Beasley, Kurtijar Woman from the series Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women by David Prichar

Above Merna Beasley, Kurtijar Woman from the series Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women by David Prichar

The Wick Culture - Shirley Mary Ann McPherson, a Kurtijar woman from the series Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women by David Prichard

Above Shirley Mary Ann McPherson, a Kurtijar woman from the series Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women by David Prichard

Above David by Katya Ilina

The Wick Culture - Miyashita San, from the series Hakanai Sonzai, by Pierre-Elie de Pibra

Above Miyashita San, from the series Hakanai Sonzai, by Pierre-Elie de Pibra

Above Merna Beasley, Kurtijar Woman from the series Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women by David Prichar

Above Shirley Mary Ann McPherson, a Kurtijar woman from the series Tribute to Indigenous Stock Women by David Prichard

Above David by Katya Ilina

Above Miyashita San, from the series Hakanai Sonzai, by Pierre-Elie de Pibra

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize  
10 November 2021 — 2 January 2022 
Cromwell Place, South Kensington
 https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/twppp2021/exhibition/

On Monday 8 November 2021 Sydney-based photographer David Prichard was named the winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, one of the most prestigious photography awards in the world. His winning portraits of First Nations stock women who have spent most of their working lives on cattle stations in Queensland, Australia, are now on display at Cromwell Place in South Kensington.

Reflecting on the series, Prichard said: ‘I have always been respectful of cultural and social sensitivities and subsequently built trust with the community, which led me to be invited to photograph the women. The project is not about me. I am only the vehicle for the women to tell their stories.’

Also featured in the exhibition are Pierre-Elie de Pibrac’s large-scale portraits taken in some of Japan’s most troubled regions including Fukushima and the former mining town of Yubari. Katya Ilina’s entry, David, is taken from a series of portraits that celebrates positive body image and questions notions of masculinity and femininity by highlighting their fluidity. De Pibrac and Ilina won second and third prize respectively.

The prize-winning photographs and those selected for inclusion in the exhibition were chosen from 5,392 submissions entered by 2,215 photographers from 62 countries. Speaking to the inner qualities of resilience, patience and persistence, these images hypnotize and will stop you in your tracks. Book tickets now.