Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Winners Announced

The winners of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize were announced at Cromwell Place on the 25th of October 2022.

Clémentine Schneidermann took first place for the series Laundry Day which depict the artist’s neighbour hanging laundry in the garden of her home in South Wales. Taken during another challenging year in the UK, the photographs “document micro events which deal with the passage of time through the small moments of our daily lives,” comments Schneidermann.

Laundry Day #2 from the series Laundry Day by Clémentine Schneidermann

Second Place was awarded to Haneem Christian for Mother and Daughter and Rooted, photographic works from two separate series that explore queerness and transness in relation to family, race and identity. Mother “is a celebration of the family we choose,” while Rooted “honours the journey of returning to the Self by seeing yourself through the eyes of a loved one”, explains Christian.

Mother and Daughter from the series Jannah Lies at the Feet of Thy Mother by Haneem Christian

Zahid’s Son from the series The Lost Enchiridion of the Fergana Valley by Alexander Komenda