Portrait nominee

I wanted to capture the general feelings of young people who are forced to wear a veil of identity prescribed by society and family. I am not trying to label those feelings as good or bad, just feelings that an individual might feel. Many might not be even aware of their prescribed identities. It is a lifelong journey for most of us to unwrap those prescriptions and find our true selves.

Nirish Shakya is a Nepalese Australian portrait photographer based in London. Nirish's work revolves around capturing raw human emotions threaded into a captivating narrative. He is known to build deep and personal rapport with his subjects which results in honest and unposed portraits. His style is described as grainy but refined, vintage but cool, naughty but nice. He was one of the winners of Portrait of Britain 2018.