Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize 2021
Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize 2021
CREDITS
Organisation
Dutch National Portrait Gallery
Deadline
May 24, 2021
Website
dutchnationalportrait.galleryThe Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize and the Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2021 are awarded annually to the authors of the best portraits of the past year. The prizes are awarded by the Dutch National Portrait Gallery in collaboration with Rabobank, to draw attention to the broad tradition of Dutch portraiture in photography. Previous winners of the portrait prize are Koos Breukel, Stephan Vanfleteren, Gerard Wessel, Annaleen Louwes, Sander Troelstra, Jitske Schols, Sarah Mei Herman, Sanne Donders and Robin de Puy.
TALENT
Also this year there is a prize for portrait photography talent. Peggy Kuiper won this prize in 2018, Annabel van Royen in 2019, and Colette Lukassen in 2020.
PRIZE
The winner of the Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize 2021 will receive 10,000 euros and will be included in the Rabobank art collection. In addition, the winning work may be purchased by another large international art collection.
The winner of the Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2021 will receive 2,500 euros and may be purchased.
CRITERIA
Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize 2021
Portraits should be taken between June 1, 2020 and May 16, 2021 by a Dutch photographer or an international photographer who has been working in the Netherlands for a longer period of time. All nominated photographers must have built up a striking and constant oeuvre within portrait photography. An important criterion is that in the portrait the short-lived and conscious relationship between photographer and sitter is recognizable in a special way. In addition, craftsmanship, technique and composition can play a role in the assessment. A maximum of three portraits can be submitted in this category.
Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2021
Portraits should be taken between June 1, 2020 and May 16, 2021 by photography students or photographers who have graduated from a Dutch photography course. Self-taught professionals can also compete within this category. Entrants have not been professionally engaged in photography for more than five years, or are under 30 years old at the time of submission. The submitted work, a minimum of three and a maximum of five portraits, should have been made as a series.
JURY
The jury will select a long list of approximately 25 portraits from all entries for the Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize. From this, the jury compiles a shortlist of 5 portraits.
The jury will select a long list of approximately 10 series from all submissions for the Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent, followed by a shortlist of 3 series. All long and shortlists will be announced through Portrait Gallery’s social media channels. The jury will choose a winner from each shortlist, which will be announced during the award ceremony.
ACCESSIBILITY
There are no entry fees for the prize. Participation is based on nominations by image editors, curators, critics, and photography professionals, who are asked by the Dutch National Portrait Gallery to nominate photographers. These photographers are invited to send in portraits. Professional photographers can also enter themselves for the Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize & Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent.
JURY 2021
Sanne Donders (Winner Rabo Photographic Portrait Prize 2020)
Iris Kensmil (Visual artist)
Verily Klaassen (Head of Art Affairs Rabobank)
Sybren Kuiper (Graphic designer)
Philippien Noordam (Senior Advisor Art Affairs / Curator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Erik Vroons (Editor-in-Chief GUP Magazine and freelance curator & writer)
DEADLINE
May 24, 2021
Read here the conditions of participation and send your work.
