Evening Standard - London, November 6th, 2000
JOHN KOBAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT AWARD ** (VERY GOOD) National Portrait Gallery, WC2
CRITERIA for the Kobal photographic portrait award are purposefully vague, defined as "new and innovative approaches to an established photographic genre". Indeed, the winning entry by Leon Steele records only the back of his nine-year-old nephew, although his portrait of the boy's face is also included in the exhibition.
Brendan's Back shows a small boy dwarfed by the-blank expanse of background he faces; his shoulders are stretched back, the skin on his arms mottled, and his hair is flecked with grey. Poss...
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