FOTOGRAFIA: estudiante de Middlessex University exhibe en la National Portriat Gallery

Student’s striking image makes it into the National Portrait Gallery

10 November 2011
Bernat's portrait of Sidiajmed Embarj Brick

A Middlesex University student has been selected by the National Portrait Gallery as part of a prestigious photography exhibition, continuing the institution’s unrivalled success in the competition.

Bernat Millet will be amongst 60 photographers to have their work on show at the central London gallery as part of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition, a competition open to top industry professionals from around the globe. He is the sixth Middlesex student in three years to be included.

Bernat submitted an image taken for his final year project of amputee Sidiajmed Embarj Brick, a member of the Sahrawi people from Algeria. Millet was inspired to visit the area to promote awareness of the poverty, war and homelessness which are prevalent in the region.

The Taylor Wessing prize celebrates excellence in portrait photography through a three-month exhibition at the central London gallery. The portraits exhibited were selected by a panel of judges from some 6,000 submissions from worldwide established and emerging photographic talent.

Bernat, who lives in Tottenham Hale, said: “At 25 to have a picture displayed in the National Portrait Gallery is very special – especially as I was competing against industry professionals. But the best thing is that so many people are going to see my picture and it will raise awareness of the Sahrawi people.”

Originally from a small village near Barcelona, Bernat flew out to Algeria to take the images using a heavy old style plate camera with a hood. The picture, which will be in the National Portrait Gallery, took Bernat around half an hour planning the shoot and another 20 minutes setting up lighting, equipment and getting the shot ready.

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