Different Lights

Saw TW Photographic Prize in NPG this evening. “Sameness “ would be the best description. Is it because everyone tries to guess what jury would like and safe bet is to mimic previous years contestants so feeling is of timewrap, who knows? But maybe there is hope; Guen Fiore’s twins , Colin Pantall’s (Broken Hasselblad ) and Aline Smithson’s Melanesia are different. And Rinko Kawauchi our of competition display sheds different light on whole business of portrait photography