Portrait nominee

Father Rick and daughter Amelia come from a British naturist family. Through these portraits, I wanted to challenge the notion of a traditional father-daughter portrait. I also wanted to highlight the generational divide naturism as a lifestyle is facing. Rick and Amelia, like many other naturists, believe in a body-positive, non-consumerist and sustainable living that is in harmony with nature. As current members of naturist communities get older, how will naturism attract younger members who have grown up in a society drenched in consumerism and body-shaming?

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.