Portrait of Britain Award 2025

20th November 2024

Very pleased to share the news that 2 of my images are shortlisted for the #portraitofbritain award and they will be featured in the @bjp1854 POB Book vol. 7!

The caption of the image: 1st Image: Allyson Williams MBE, shot for @migrationmuseumuk for a special project/exhibition that marks the 75 years of the NHS and celebrates the crucial role of its international workers. Today, around one in six people working in the NHS are non-British, and many others are the children and grandchildren of migrant healthcare workers. In the image is 2nd image: Zubaydah Abdi shot for @guardian to illustrate how the pandemic affected young people. I met Zubaydah Abdi very early in the morning before she was due to go to work. A strong young woman who talks very openly about her generation's struggle during the pandemic. “The years between 16 and 18 are a blur to me: I feel as if I’m a 16-year-old stuck within a 19-year-old’s body without the experiences or skills to fulfill their responsibilities....”

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