{{Short description|Photography competition}} '''Portrait Salon''' is a competition that aims to show the best of the rejected photographs from the juried Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. A judge is usually invited to make the selection and the work is shown in a number of exhibitions and in an accompanying catalogue.<ref name="bbc-2012">{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Portrait Salon projection|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-20539566|newspaper=BBC News|date=29 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Face time: Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize gives exquisite collection of|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/face-time-taylor-wessing-portrait-prize-gives-exquisite-collection-of-images-a-new-lease-of-life-8317238.html|date=18 November 2012|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref name="sky"/> It was founded in 2011 by Carole Evans and James O Jenkins.<ref name="sky">{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Portrait Salon: The striking profile photographs rejected for a major prize|url=https://news.sky.com/story/portrait-salon-the-striking-profile-photographs-rejected-for-a-major-prize-11866310|website=Sky News}}</ref>
The portrait photography competition took place in 2011,<ref name="sky"/> 2012,<ref name="independent"/><ref name="bbc-2012"/> 2013,<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=In pictures: Portrait Salon 2013|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-25000667|newspaper=BBC News|date=21 November 2013}}</ref> 2014,<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Human behaviour: the forgotten gems of 2014's portrait photography – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/nov/07/human-behaviour-the-forgotten-gems-of-2014s-portrait-photography-in-pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 November 2014|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Portrait Salon 2014|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-29878480|newspaper=BBC News|date=5 November 2014}}</ref> 2015,<ref>{{cite news|first1=Captions by Jonathan|last1=Jones|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Rogue gallery: rejects from the Taylor Wessing Portrait prize – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/17/rogue-gallery-rejects-from-the-taylor-wessing-portrait-prize-in-pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 November 2015|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Rejected portraits live again|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-34710461|newspaper=BBC News|date=4 November 2015}}</ref> 2016,<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Another shot: highlights from Portrait Salon 2016 – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/21/highlights-portrait-salon-2016-in-pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 November 2016|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 2017,<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Bored teens and drag queens: Portrait Salon 2017 – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/nov/16/portrait-salon-2017-photographs-pictures-drag-queens-taylor-wessing-prize|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 November 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=The best photos rejected from the National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing Prize|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-41933767|newspaper=BBC News|date=17 November 2017}}</ref> 2018 (when it also accepted rejections from the Portrait of Britain competition),<ref name="metroimaging">{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Portrait Salon: Eighth Edition|url=https://metroimaging.co.uk/2018/11/15/portrait-salon-2018/|date=15 November 2018}}</ref> and 2019.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=The best photos rejected from the National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing prize|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-50490048|newspaper=BBC News|date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|access-date=2022-01-06|title=Wider angle: highlights from the Portrait Salon 2019 – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/nov/21/portraits-salon-des-refuses-rejected-taylor-wessing-prize-in-pictures|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 November 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==Publications== *''Portrait Salon '11''. 2011. Newspaper format. *''Portrait Salon '12''. 2012. Newspaper format. *''Portrait Salon '13''. 2013. Newspaper format. *''Portrait Salon '14''. 2014. Newspaper format. *''Portrait Salon '15''. 2015. Newspaper format. *''Portrait Salon '16''. 2016. *''Portrait Salon '18''. 2018. Pack of cards format. *''Portrait Salon '19''. 2019.
==See also== *Salon des Refusés
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|www.portraitsalon.co.uk}}
Category:Annual events in the United Kingdom Category:Awards established in 2011 Category:Photography awards Category:Photography in the United Kingdom {{photo-stub}}