Honorable Mention / 2024 / Portraiture / Children

Ayomide, Aylesbury Estate, London

From the series Behind the Brutal Facade this portrait of Ayomide as he came home from school is part of an examination of the lives of the last residence of the infamous and condemned Aylesbury Estate in South London, labeled the worst estate in Europe and considered an icon of brutalism.

Richard Ansett’s images are in permanent and private collections including the National Portrait Galleries of London and Canada, Bibliotheque Nationale de France and the Smithsonian. His images have been part of major collaborative exhibitions worldwide. His images have won the Arte Laguna Prize 2013 and Grand Prix de la Decouverte 2013 and received the gold award at Prix de la Photographie in 2011,