Portrait Salon Explained

Portrait Salon is a competition that aims to show the best of the rejected photographs from the juried Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. A judge is usually invited to make the selection and the work is shown in a number of exhibitions and in an accompanying catalogue.^{[1] [2]} It was founded in 2011 by Carole Evans and James O Jenkins.^[3]

The portrait photography competition took place in 2011,^[3] 2012,^{[2] [1]} 2013,^[4] 2014,^{[5] [6]} 2015,^{[7] [8]} 2016,^[9] 2017,^{[10] [11]} 2018 (when it also accepted rejections from the Portrait of Britain competition),^[12] and 2019.^{[13] [14]}

Publications

• Portrait Salon '11. 2011. Newspaper format.
• Portrait Salon '12. 2012. Newspaper format.
• Portrait Salon '13. 2013. Newspaper format.
• Portrait Salon '14. 2014. Newspaper format.
• Portrait Salon '15. 2015. Newspaper format.
• Portrait Salon '16. 2016.
• Portrait Salon '18. 2018. Pack of cards format.
• Portrait Salon '19. 2019.

See also

• Salon des Refusés

Notes and References

1. News: 2022-01-06. Portrait Salon projection. BBC News. 29 November 2012.
2. Web site: 2022-01-06. Face time: Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize gives exquisite collection of. 18 November 2012. The Independent.
3. Web site: 2022-01-06. Portrait Salon: The striking profile photographs rejected for a major prize. Sky News.
4. News: 2022-01-06. In pictures: Portrait Salon 2013. BBC News. 21 November 2013.
5. News: 2022-01-06. Human behaviour: the forgotten gems of 2014's portrait photography – in pictures. The Guardian. 7 November 2014. 0261-3077.
6. News: 2022-01-06. Portrait Salon 2014. BBC News. 5 November 2014.
7. News: Captions by Jonathan. Jones. 2022-01-06. Rogue gallery: rejects from the Taylor Wessing Portrait prize – in pictures. The Guardian. 17 November 2015. 0261-3077.
8. News: 2022-01-06. Rejected portraits live again. BBC News. 4 November 2015.
9. News: 2022-01-06. Another shot: highlights from Portrait Salon 2016 – in pictures. The Guardian. 21 November 2016. 0261-3077.
10. News: 2022-01-06. Bored teens and drag queens: Portrait Salon 2017 – in pictures. The Guardian. 16 November 2017. 0261-3077.
11. News: 2022-01-06. The best photos rejected from the National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing Prize. BBC News. 17 November 2017.
12. Web site: 2022-01-06. Portrait Salon: Eighth Edition. 15 November 2018.
13. News: 2022-01-06. The best photos rejected from the National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing prize. BBC News. 21 November 2019.
14. News: 2022-01-06. Wider angle: highlights from the Portrait Salon 2019 – in pictures. The Guardian. 21 November 2019. 0261-3077.