Brand New!! Spencer Tater Wins Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2013

Spencer Murphy has won the £12,000 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013 with a photograph of Katie Walsh, an Irish Gaelic jockey who came 3rd inwards the Grand National 2012 in addition to is in all probability 1 of the best, if non the best, woman somebody jump jockeys currently riding inwards the UK.

Winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013
Spencer Murphy amongst his portrait of jump jockey Katie Walsh

He was also shortlisted for last year's Prize and won Third Prize. He's had function inwards the exhibition on 6 previous occasions. Quality counts every time! It's a non uncommon designing to these things for people who larn shortlisted in addition to win prizes despite the fact that the entries for this Prize are judged anonymously. The most the judges tin enquire to know is the championship - they get got absolutely no other information.

The winning portrait in addition to the residual of the prizewinners in addition to other selected artists are on present to earth inwards the novel 2013 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from Th fourteen Nov 2013 until nine Feb 2014.

Prizewinners - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Competition 2013
at the National Portrait Gallery

You tin run into or in addition to thus of the selected industrial plant on the website (it's a compassion you lot can't run into them all!).

In 2013, 2,435 photographers who attain from amateurs to established professionals entered 5,410. (Figures for 2012 were 2,350 photographers in addition to 5,340 entries - in addition to thus a slight growth on both counts).

You tin also download the technical details of the selected works. I've highlighted these nether the prizewinners.

You tin read details of the backgrounds of the shortlisted artists/prizewinners inwards my previous post Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013 - Shortlist announced

The contest was judged from master copy prints by:

Sandy Nairne Director, National Portrait Gallery, London (Chair);
Kate Bush Head of Barbican Art Galleries;
Suki Dhanda Photographer;
Tim Eyles U.K. Managing Partner, Taylor Wessing;
Terence Pepper Head of Photographs Collection, National Portrait Gallery;
Rebecca Valentine Photographic Agent

What follows covers:

details of the prizewinners
comments on the exhibition
tips for photographers wanting to larn inwards side past times side yr or inwards the future
links to past times reviews of this exhibition on this blog

Prizewinners

£12,000 First Prize: Spencer Murphy for Katie Walsh

First Prize: Katie Walsh past times Spencer Murphy
ISO: 160; F-Stop: 5.6; Camera: Horseman 45 hard disk drive (large format cinema camera)

This photograph was taken at Kempton Park Racecourse every bit role of a serial of portraits of jump jockeys for a Channel 4 'The Original Extreme Sport' Campaign. Katie Walsh is spattered inwards mud afterwards a race. The photograph captures what the Prize is virtually "an outstanding photograph which transmits the circumstances in addition to grapheme of a sitter or group". It's a photograph of a jump jockey beingness a jump jockey - in that place are no concessions to beingness woman somebody - she is a adult woman inwards a actually demanding sport.

£3,000 Second Prize: Giles Price for Kumbh Mela Pilgrim Mamta Dubey in addition to baby

Second prizewinner:
Giles Price amongst his on place pop-up studio portrait of
Kumbh Mela Pilgrim Mamta Dubey in addition to infant
Shutter Speed: 1/25 ISO: 100 F-stop: 8 Focal length 125mm Camera: Phase One P65+

I had a nifty chat amongst Giles. He highlighted for me or in addition to thus of the contrasts inside the photograph which made him intend it was worth entering this competition. For the record:

Madonna in addition to child composition - of Christian root - in addition to nevertheless the lady is Hindu pilgrim
The orangish yellowish of her clothing complements the deep blueish of the background he was using for his popular upwards studio
The baby sports a real contemporary western mode onesie for babies whereas his woman raise is dressed inwards traditional fashion.

He also commented that he was straight off able to exercise a lot to a greater extent than 'on place shoots' since he started using an Elinchrome Quadra for his flash photography. He straight off gets c.600 flashes from a portable device which doesn't weigh to a greater extent than than 2 kilos.

£2,000 Third Prize: Anoush Abrar for "Kofi Annan"

This was a commissioned photograph in addition to the committee included the requirement that he hold back downwardly in addition to get got his eyes closed. The photograph took iii minutes!

£1,000 Fourth Prize: Dorothee Deiss for "The twins"

4th Prize: The twins past times Dorothee Deiss, 2013
© Dorothee Deiss
ISO: 100 | F-Stop: 7.1 | Focal Length: 50 mm | Camera: Nikon 800D

The £4,000 John Kobal New Work Award 2013

Elza in addition to Nellie past times Hana Knizova

© Hana Knizova
Shutter speed: 1/100 | ISO: 1600 | F-Stop: 2.8 | Focal Length: 40mm | Camera: Canon 5D grade II

The winner is Hana Knizova (08.05.1984), for her portrait Elza in addition to Nellie from the serial Family Matters

Impressions of the exhibition

Somehow this exhibition ever manages to hold back to a greater extent than contemporary than exhibitions of painted portraits. I run into to a greater extent than odd portraits in addition to to a greater extent than portraits of 2 or to a greater extent than people when viewing photographic portraiture.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2013 - gallery shot

This yr in that place seems to live a lot to a greater extent than color in addition to less monochrome photos. The exhibition includes photographs I was surprised to run into - in addition to nevertheless it also includes photographs which I was real pleased to see.

I real much liked the side past times side 2 photographs

Hombres de Mar by Proyecto Mírame LIMA
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 portrait of a fisherman in addition to his solid unit of measurement inwards Peru

Lakhsman Dongari past times David Vintner

This yr the exhibition also includes far to a greater extent than portraits of twins than anywhere else ever! Besides the 2 prizewinning photos of twins, the remaining 2 are:

Maria in addition to Corinne past times Lydia Panas

Three Colours Red past times Tom Stewart

Tips for futurity exhibitors

I asked 1 of the selectors in addition to or in addition to thus of the photographers what their tips were for entries to this competition. Here they are amongst a few of my ain along amongst a few of my own

twins - this is champaign a perennial subject fifty-fifty if this year's exhibition rather over emphasises it amongst 4 dissever photographs of twins in addition to 2 of the prizes going to twin photos
red-heads - 1 won 2 years agone in addition to they proceed coming up. On the same theme ginger cats seem to live a perennial - nosotros had 1 final yr in addition to 1 time again this yr (and the yr earlier that nosotros had a real ginger guinea pig!)
Gerhard Richter - he was inwards final yr in addition to 1 time again this year! ;)

The next are the themes which swamp the contest entries ie ones which you lot mightiness desire to remain away from:

people amongst piercings in addition to tattoos
babies of every description
travel photos amongst a somebody in. (Taking a photograph far away is non plenty - it has to live a skillful portrait!)

Don't photograph a good known celebrity if you lot desire a prize - they never ever win.

Do photograph a adult woman if you lot desire to win the transcend prize - it's invariably a portrait of a adult woman that wins.

Do enquire peers for opinions of whether the photograph is skillful plenty for the competition.

Also retrieve a large scale monochrome photograph looks a process inwards the touchstone dark amongst white mat used past times the gallery to frame all the photographs inwards the exhibition.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize - previous posts

2013

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013 - Shortlist announced

Previous Years

These are links to my reviews of this contest in addition to exhibition inwards previous years: