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2020, 2021

Jaq Grantford

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 Finalist

The pandemic for me has been a time of mixed feelings. A time of fear and concern for the safety of the people I know. Uncertainty about seeing my daughter and mother when the borders closed. And then in contrast to this, there was a guilty relief that the chaos of life could simply stop. That I could enter the studio and create.

Shortly after finishing this painting I was diagnosed with cancer and lost all my hair. Although it has since started to grow back, I now feel some level of disconnect from the women with a full head of hair in this self portrait.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

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