Pink Portraits 2026
Iris Prize are thrilled to announce that Pink Portraits 2026 will be in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and Ffotogallery.
Garmon Rhys, Director BBC Cymru Wales said: “Through the Pink Portraits 2026, BBC Cymru Wales and the Iris Prize will celebrate the diversity of the BBC in Wales. We’re so pleased to be working with the Iris Prize in its twentieth year and look forward to seeing how the project develops over the next twelve months.”
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Pink Portraits 2026 will be the fourth year of the second iteration of the project, which was initially launched in 2010.
Harrison Williams - 2026 Photographer
Harrison Williams, who has been working with Iris on a freelance basis for six years, will be the photographer for the 2026 edition of the Pink Portraits, and more importantly, for the 20th anniversary of the festival, in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and Ffotogallery.
Assistant Photographer – Pink Portraits 2026
This year, we are also delighted to announce a new opportunity for an early-career photographer based in Wales to work alongside Harrison as an Assistant Photographer. This is an opportunity for those at the beginning of their photography journey to have an open dialogue with Harrison as he works and get involved in assisting. This opportunity is open to all early career photographers currently based in Wales who identify as LGBTQ+ or who are supporters and allies of the community.
For more information and to enter please visit this link:
https://www.ffotogallery.org/opportunities/pink-portraits-2026-assistant-photographer
Submissions are open from 9am on Tuesday 24 February 2026.
Deadline for submissions is 5pm Tuesday 10 March. The successful applicant will be informed in early March.
Pink Portraits – the originals
In 2010 the Iris Prize, together with the UK Film Council, commissioned celebrated Scottish portrait photographer, Donald MacLellan to photograph 20 gay and lesbian professionals working in front and behind the lens. They included Simon Callow, Terence Davies, Stephen Fry, Phyllida Lloyd, Mark Gatiss, Briony Hanson, Sean Mathias, Sir Ian McKellen, Berwyn Rowlands, Sophie Ward and Sir Antony Sher.
