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Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026
National Portrait Gallery · London, United Kingdom
Annual international portrait photography prize run by the National Portrait Gallery, London. Open to photographers aged 18+; first prize £15,000; exhibition at the Gallery from November 2026 to January 2027.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- 18 and over
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Photography
- Theme
- portraiture
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Aged 18+ on 1 Jan 2026; photographs taken after 1 Jan 2025; up to six photographs per photographer; worldwide.
About
The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize is the National Portrait Gallery's annual competition for contemporary portrait photography, open to photographers around the world. Entries are judged anonymously from digital submissions; standalone portraits and series are accepted.
Entrants must have been 18 or over on 1 January 2026, and photographs must have been taken after 1 January 2025. Up to six photographs may be submitted at £22 each, with free or discounted entry for benefit recipients, students and 18-25s.
Prizes for 2026 are £15,000, £3,000 and £2,000, plus an £8,000 commission to make a portrait for the Gallery's Collection. Selected works are exhibited at the Gallery from 5 November 2026 to 17 January 2027.