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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Photos of lockdown mundanity win £15,000 Taylor Wessing prize

The National Portrait Gallery judging panel said Laundry Day evoked a strong sense of stillness.
The National Portrait Gallery judging panel said Laundry Day evoked a strong sense of stillness. Photograph: Clémentine Schneidermann

A series of portraits documenting the mundane, daily chores of life in lockdown have won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.

The National Portrait Gallery has named French photographer Clémentine Schneidermann as winner of the 2022 Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize for her series Laundry Day. The photographer, who lives and works between Paris and south Wales, wins £15,000.

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