Lockdown laundry portraits win Taylor Wessing photography award
Images of an elderly woman hanging out her washing during Covid lockdown have won the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022.
They also praised "the unusual perspective" of the portraits, which are "close, but not close enough to see the sitter's face", creating "an intriguing play with the conventions of traditional portraiture".Second prize was awarded to Haneem Christian for Mother and Daughter and Rooted, which explores queerness, transness and the importance of chosen family.
With a focus on being a social documentary photographer, she has a particular interest in communities.
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