Photographers
National Portrait Gallery acquires its largest group of portraits of Afro-Caribbean sitters
PhotocriticEtc(From left) Laura Mvula by Simon Frederick, 2016 © Simon Frederick; Edward Enninful by Simon Frederick, 2016 © Simon Frederick; Thandie Newton by Simon Frederick, 2016 © Simon Frederick; Tinie Tempah by Simon Frederick, 2016 © Simon Frederick
The National Portrait Gallery’s largest acquisition of portraits of Afro-Caribbean sitters into its primary collection will be the subject of a major display at the Gallery in November 2018. The Gallery has acquired thirty-seven portraits of black Britons chosen for their achievements in politics, business, culture, religion and science.
The sitters, representing a group of people at the height of their achievements, were photographed by Simon Frederick for a BBC TWO documentary Black is the New Black. They include newsreader and journalist Sir Trevor McDonald, actress Thandie Newton, musicians Jazzie B of Soul II Soul, Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah, footballer Les Ferdinand, and recently appointed Editor in Chief of British VogueEdward Enninful.
Black is the New Black at National Portrait Gallery, November 2018 to January 2019.
