PHF Awards for Artists Part Two

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PHF Awards for Artists, Part Two.

Bushra El-Turk, composer. Photographed at her home in Oxfordshire.

In my Journal post PHF Awards for Artists Part One I described looking forward to autumn each year, when I pack camera and lighting gear into my car and travel the UK’s roads to create portraits and video interviews honouring ten recipients of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s annual Awards for Artists. In that post I showed some of the portraits created in 2025.

For 2026, the results are now known, as the identities of the 10 recipients of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists were announced at a reception in London’s grand Somerset House on 4 November 2026. So I am pleased to share some of the portraits I produced with the 2026 recipients during October.

Visual Artists 2026: Racheal Crowther, Georgina Starr, Rory Pilgrim, Hayley Tompkins, Linda Bell.
Composers 2026: Olivia Chaney, Bushra El-Turk, Charlotte Keeffe, Daui Matsiko, Ayanna Witter-Johnson.

Racheal Crowther, visual artist. Photographed in Buzz Bingo, Tooting in London.

Georgina Starr, visual artist. Photographed in her studio in Hackney Wick, London.

Charlotte Keeffe, composer. Photographed at her home in Leicestershire.

Daudi Matsiko, composer. Photographed holding his portrait that hangs in Jamcafé, Nottingham.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson, composer. Photographed at LSO St Luke’s, home of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Olivia Chaney, composer. Photographed in her Yorkshire autumn hideaway.

Rory Pilgrim, visual artist. Photographed in Redland Quaker House, Bristol.

Daudi Matsiko, composer. Photographed in Fisher Gate Point, Old Depot Room in Nottingham.

Georgina Starr, visual artist. Photographed in her studio in Hackney Wick, London.

Bushra El-Turk, composer. Photographed at home in Oxfordshire.

Olivia Chaney, composer. Photographed in her Yorkshire autumn hideaway.

Daudi Matsiko, composer. Photographed in Fisher Gate Point in Nottingham.

Linda Bell, visual artist. Photographed in her studio at ActionSpace, London.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson, composer. Photographed at LSO St Luke’s, home of the London Symphony Orchestra in London.

Racheal Crowther, visual artist. Photographed in Buzz Bingo, Tooting in London.

Daudi Matsiko, composer. Photographed in Fisher Gate Point in Nottingham.

Racheal Crowther, visual artist. Photographed in Buzz Bingo, Tooting in London.

Olivia Chaney, composer. Photographed in her Yorkshire hideaway.

If you’d like to view more from my awards archive, please visit my Creative Forces gallery page.

Awards for Artists 2026 recipients. L‑R: Hayley Tompkins, Daudi Matsiko, Bushra El-Turk, Linda Bell, Olivia Chaney, Rory Pilgrim, Ayanna Witer-Johnson, Georgina Starr and Charlotte Keeffe (Racheal Crowther not present). Photograph taken at Somerset House.

Please note that Hayley Tompkins was unfortunately unavailable for her portrait session before the announcement.

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