To the National Portrait Gallery to see the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010. It was won by David Chancellor for his portrait, Huntress with Buck, of 14 year old Josie Slaughter from Alabama on her first hunting trip to South Africa. Chancellor said that it was slightly unreal light and he liked the contrast between the peace and tranquility of the location, Josie’s ethereal beauty and the dead buck, It shows vulnerability and yet also strength.’ Chancellor spent two days with the Josie and her family, shooting Kodak 160VC 120 film on a Mamiya 7 II camera. One striking quality is the light, which has a painterly quality, which I like.
After an unfulfilling early career in banking, Chancellor studied photography at Kent Institute of Art and Design. Now based in both London and Cape Town, he shoots documentary reportage and portraiture for a range of clients, and was named Nikon Press Photographer of the Year three times, and won a World Press Photo Award in 2010. He has also had work shown in last year’s Taylor Wessing Prize., The judges selected 60 portraits for the exhibition from nearly 6000 submissions entered by 2,401 photographers from around the world.
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