The Portrait Salon 11 Newspaper Video

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Check out this video showing the Portrait Salon Newspaper.......watch out for my winning photo!

The Portrait Salon 11 Newspaper

Here are some photos of the hot- off -the- press Portrait Salon newspaper (some of them freshly stolen from the Portrait Salon's blog).

The images are all quality and the layout is great......I photographed 'my' page so you get a sense of what it looks like inside......the newspaper will be on sale, details to follow soon on the official Portrait Salon blog



My image is the top left, other credits on this page are as follows:

Bottom left: John Wright. Middle top left: Thomas Butler. Middle bottom left: Ben Gold. Middle top right: Chris Floyd. Top right: Olivier Hess. Middle bottom right: Chris Jelley. Bottom right: Antony Crossfield.

And below is my selected image of Yak on it's own:

Portrait Salon

One of my images has been selected for 'Portrait Salon', a modern day 'salon des refuses'.

It is a showcase of 75 unselected entries from the National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize 2011 (Taylor Wessing).

Personally I am really excited to see the other entries and I think it gives an interesting perspective and insight into the judging of the Taylor Wessing prize, an award which causes much debate every year.

The images will be shown as a projection at The Roxy Bar and Screen in Borough, London tonight and all are welcome! Short notice I know but it's been busy busy busy lately!!

Below is the invite and a quote from Miranda Gavin on the selection process....

“Looking through the rejected entries has been an eye opener - it was a rare chance to see some of the images that are discarded, to ponder the question of portraiture in the 21^st century, and to discover some top-notch portraits to boot. The National Portrait Gallery Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 is a prestigious international prize, however, there is a lack of feedback given to entrants and it was surprising to find that there is some confusion as to what constitutes a portrait – many images simply didn’t fit the criteria. Portrait Salon is a new venture and should be viewed as a positive addition to the photo competition arena as all entrants are being given another chance to get their work seen on screen and in print at no extra cost.”