Title: National Portrait Gallery - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008
Rating (out of 100): 95
Mood: intensely interested in what your fellow man or woman is doing and what their story is
Website: http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp
Timeout / Culture Critic: http://www.timeout.com/london/art/event/119876/taylor-wessing-photographic-portrait-prize.html / http://www.culturecritic.co.uk/exhibitions/taylor-wessing-photographic-portrait-prize-2008/
The National Portrait Gallery currently has two main shows – the Annie Leibovitz show (photography), which is paid and the free and excellent Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008 show. The Taylor Wessing show even has a catalogue of all the photos that you can buy at the shop for a relatively good price. What is fascinating about the photos contained in the Taylor Wessing prize is not only that they are visually interesting and engaging, but also that they come with descriptions about the photographer and the subject of the photo. Unlike most descriptions which are annoyingly descriptive only about obvious aspects of the photos, these descriptions help lay the groundwork and context that make the photographer’s intention more clear and create a sort of story for the photo. You may notice some overlap with some of the minishows currently at the Photographer’s Gallery. All in all an excellent show (as usual with the quality of photographs being very high).
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