National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
WC2
020.7306.0055
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Julia Fullerton-Batten, Amy Winehouse, 2006, © the artist
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6 Nov 2008 – 15 Feb 2009
Mondays–Wednesdays (10am–6pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (10am–9pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10am–6pm)
- Where
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Tube: Charing Cross, Leicester Square
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This year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery includes a shot of Rupert Murdoch competing against a face in a plastic-bag bonnet. The exhibition, which will soon tour the UK, features 60 contemporary images whittled down from thousands entered worldwide. From reportage to fine art and editorial, the exhibition includes contributions from Dutch artist Hendrik Kerstens, photojournalist Tom Stoddart, Lottie Davies and Catherine Balet. Subjects explored in the quest for a £12,000 cash prize include quintuplet pregnancy, technology, environmental debates concerning plastic bags and, of course, competitive media magnates.
