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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011

Entry is now open for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011, the leading international photographic portrait competition, which celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography. The competition is open to everyone aged 18 and over from around the world.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011

The winner of the competition will receive £12,000. In addition the judges, at their discretion, will award cash prizes to one or more shortlisted photographers.

The prize winners and exhibition selection is judged, on an equal and anonymous basis, from original prints. We have reviewed our judging guidelines in the last year and provided judges with procedures relating to the process, the judging and conflicts of interest.

ELLE Commission
For a third year ELLE magazine will award the ELLE commission. The selected photographer will shoot a feature story in a forthcoming issue of ELLE magazine. In association with ELLE.

Closing date 7 Juli 2011 first Prize £12,000

website: http://www.npg.org.uk:8080/photoprize/site11/index.php