Four Shortlisted Artists Stand to Win the Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026
The winner of the competition receives a £15,000 award plus a commissioned work for London's National Portrait Gallery. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Four Shortlisted Artists Stand to Win the Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 appeared first on Colossal .
The Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 has announced four shortlisted artists, representing some of the most exceptional photographic portrait work currently being created. The competition, open to both professionals and amateurs, will eventually crown a winner who will receive a £15,000 prize and a commission to be added to the National Portrait Gallery's collection. An exhibition featuring the best entries will be displayed at the museum from November 5 to January 17, with the winner announced on November 3.
Four striking images have been chosen from nearly 4,000 submissions by 1,338 photographers worldwide. These include Max Pattenden's tender "Havannah, Lee Moor" from the series 'Men May Come and Men May Go, But I Go On Forever' (2025); James Clifford Kent's "Neisser, Pinar del Río, Cuba" from the series 'Yuma' (2025); Marcie Docherty's "PE" from the series 'In Pursuit of Muscle' (2026); and Katie Hitchcock-Smith's dusky "Moroccan (Amazigh) Cowboys" from the series 'Tajine Westerns' (2025).
Other shortlisted artists include Tom Parker with "Venice Boxers" from the series 'Venice Beach'; Felicity Crawshaw with "Huw" (2026); Ellie Ramsden with "A Young Elvis" from the series 'The Elvies' (2025); Nora Obergeschwander with "In the space of becoming" from the series 'Threshold moments' (2026); and Ron Timehin with "Surface" from the series 'We Who Belong' (2025). The museum's website provides more information and details on planning a visit.
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