Berlin-born paediatric
endocrinologist Dorothee Deiss is shortlisted
for her image of twin sisters
Four
photographers have been shortlisted for this year's Taylor Wessing Photographic
Portrait Prize.
Anoush Abrar, Dorothee Deiss, Giles Price and Spencer
Murphy are up for the £12,000 prize, which rewards the best in contemporary
portrait photography.
The images will be featured in an exhibition of work
by professionals and amateurs, which opens at the National Portrait Gallery in
November.
Judges have selected 60 portraits for the show from
5,410 submissions.
For the second year in a row, judges will also award
the John Kobal New Work Award to a photographer under the age of 30 whose work
has been selected for the exhibition.
The winning photographer will receive a cash prize of
£4,000 and will be commissioned by the gallery to photograph a sitter connected
with the UK film industry.
The judging panel includes the director of the
National Portrait Gallery, Sandy Nairne, Kate Bush, head of Barbican Art
Galleries, and photographer Suki Dhanda.
"It was with excitement and a sense of privilege
that I approached the judging for this year's awards - and all the anticipation
was duly fulfilled," said fellow judge Tim Eyles of Taylor Wessing.
"Wistfully, we had to leave some much-admired
works behind. The shortlisted photographers fully deserve our congratulations -
the selection of their portraits for show from the thousands submitted is a
great testament to their manifest quality.'
The winners will be announced on 12 November.
Source: BBC
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