Portrait of Bletchley code breaker amongst profitable images

A portrait of a adorned Worcestershire code breaker is among the many winners of a significant pictures competitors.

The picture of Charlotte “Betty” Webb is one in every of 100 to be chosen by the British Journal of Photography for its Portrait of Britain Awards.

Photographer Karsten Thomaehlen mentioned she had photographed the previous Bletchley Park employee at her house in Wythall before her death, aged 101, in 2025.

The profitable pictures are set to be displayed on out of doors screens throughout the nation.

Among others within the checklist, Lloyd Wright mentioned he had taken his profitable picture of factory-worker Lisa in Smethwick.

“She seemed surprised,” he mentioned, “but I loved the way she held herself”.

“Her look felt timeless in the old factory, one of the few workers wearing the traditional machinist jackets and doing so with an ease that felt so natural.”

Anupama Gamanagari mentioned she had photographed her mom who had moved to the UK over 20 years in the past.

The 77-year-old, a mom and grandmother, “carries the weight of migration with grace,” she mentioned.

The portrait, taken on a stroll within the Staffordshire countryside, “sits at the intersection of memory, resilience and home,” she added.

“She’s not a visitor in this landscape, she belongs here.”

Worcestershire-based photographer John Boaz mentioned his portrait of Western rider and mannequin Benjamin was a part of a undertaking to seize pictures exhibiting the variety of Christianity in Britain.

All 200 shortlisted pictures will characteristic in quantity eight of the Portrait of Britain e-book sequence.

The 100 profitable images will go on show on digital promoting screens positioned in excessive streets, purchasing centres and transport hubs throughout the nation.