Taylor Wessing Prize sparks debate

Yesterday we posted about the announcement of the winner of the Taylor Wessing Prize.

It would appear that the winning image has sparked quite a discussion with Amateur Photographer posting a poll about David Titlows image.

The poll asks ‘What do you think of this year’s Taylor Wessing Awards winner?’ with the options including ‘It isn’t a portrait and it isn’t very good either’; ‘I have no strong option about the winning image’ or ‘It’s a good picture but there were better entries that should have won’.

At time of writing there had been 218 votes with ‘It isn’t a portrait and it isn’t very good either’ being the most popular option with 114 votes (52%).

To see the poll and vote visit Amateur Photographer

Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize winners announced

The winner of the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize has been announced.  The winner David Titlow said about his image entitled Konrad Lars Hastings Titlow ‘Everyone was a bit hazy from the previous day’s excess. My girlfriend passed our son to the subdued revellers on the sofa – the composition and back light was so perfect I had to capture the moment.’  The picture was taken after a midsummers celebration.

Titlow is a musician turned fashion and advertising photographer and has been commissioned by the Guardian, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vice magazine, among other publications.

His portrait wins him £12,000 and will be the feature picture in an exhibition and opens to the public, at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on Thursday.

Sandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery, called Titlow’s photograph “a fascinating and compelling image.

The Taylor Wessing Prize images and information can be found here

More of David Titlow’s images can be found here