The National Portrait Gallery has named the British photographer Steph Wilson as winner of the 2024 Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize for her portrait Sonam. The photographer, who works between London and Paris, wins £15,000.
The portrait, which is part of a larger project called Ideal Mother, features a sitter – Sonam – whom Wilson met through Instagram after asking for atypical mothers willing to be photographed.
Sonam is an unexpectedly masculine image of motherhood. The mother sits with her legs widely sprawled as her baby clings to her chest. She also has a direct and unsmiling gaze, close-cut hair and a moustache.
The portrait, which is part of a larger project called Ideal Mother, features a sitter – Sonam – whom Wilson met through Instagram after asking for atypical mothers willing to be photographed.
Sonam is an unexpectedly masculine image of motherhood. The mother sits with her legs widely sprawled as her baby clings to her chest. She also has a direct and unsmiling gaze, close-cut hair and a moustache.
