Day 5194:Contending Artists for Portrait Prize 2026 & Footballer Decorates University Building 1890.

 

"Blues": junk paper collages, digital.

                                                                       

  

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 Contending Artists for the 

Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026

Cheryl Newman, “Six Weeks Away” from the series ‘Six Weeks Away’ (2025)

From nearly 4,000 entries submitted by 1,338 photographers around the world, a striking selection has been shortlisted for the Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026. The handpicked images represent some of the finest photographic portrait work being made today, from intimate settings in which figures meet the viewer’s eye to candid scenes on city streets and rural expanses alike.

Open to professionals and amateurs alike, the competition will select one winner to receives a £15,000 award plus a commission to be added to the collection of London’s National Portrait Gallery. An exhibition of the best entries will also be shown at the museum from November 5 to January 17, and the winner will be announced in November.

Katie Hitchcock-Smith, “Moroccan (Amazigh) Cowboys” from the series ‘Tajine Westerns’ (2025)

James Clifford Kent, “Neisser, Pinar del Rio, Cuba” from the series ‘Yuma’ (2025)

Max Pattenden, “Havannah, Lee Moor” from the series ‘Men May Come and Men May Go, But I Go On Forever’ (2025)

Marcie Docherty, “PE” from the series ‘In Pursuit of Muscle’ (2026)

Tom Parker, “Venice Boxers” from the series ‘Venice Beach

Felicity Crawshaw, “Huw” (2026)

Ellie Ramsden, “A Young Elvis” from the series ‘The Elvies’ (2025)

Nora Obergeschwander, “In the space of becoming” from the series ‘Threshold moments’ (2026)

Ron Timehin, “Surface” from the series ‘We Who Belong’ (2025)

A football player carved into the side of a Gothic university building.

At the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, this unusual stone figure decorates the exterior of the historic Quadrangle, a student residence complex designed by Cope and Stewardson beginning in the 1890s.

Rather than a traditional gargoyle, the football player is an ornamental carving known as a “boss.” The buildings feature dozens of whimsical figures inspired by college life, including professors, students, mythical creatures, and even someone drinking beer.

These playful architectural details capture the spirit of American university life at the turn of the 20th century.

  

 

A  1-1/2 minute video,  Animals Communication, here.

 

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