Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2019

Entry is now open for the

, the leading international photographic portrait competition, which celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary

photography.

Organised by the

in London, the

has established a reputation for its diversity of photographic styles submitted by a range of photographers, from gifted amateurs and photography students to established professionals.

In the

search for excellence, photographers are encouraged to interpret '

' in its widest sense of "

".

You can submit up to six individual portraits or portraits in a series. Photographs can be black and white or colour.

All images will be viewed by a panel of judges and the entrants who are successful in this round will be invited to deliver their work to a venue in London for the final round of physical judging.

Photographers selected for the exhibition will need to provide the Gallery with a

file of their photograph for use in the catalogue and exhibition marketing campaign. This file would need to be a minimum of 350dpi, 4800 pixels on the shortest side.

Entry fee is 30 GBP (

) per photograph entered.