Now in its second year, the Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize is a high-profile showcase for new talent in portrait photography. The Prize provides an important platform to celebrate the work of portrait photographers from around the world including students, talented amateurs and professionals aged eighteen and over. This book offers an excellent opportunity to see the very best of portrait photography of all kinds, from the pose in the studio to the informal shot in the home or a significant moment captured outdoors. Despite all their differences as subjects the photographs are united by a mood, in which those appearing for the camera seem to mask as much as they reveal their actual feelings. Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2004 brings seventy portrait photographers and their work to a wider audience. Fully illustrated in colour throughout, the book features all the selected entries from this year's competition, including the two prize-winners. Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 17 November 2004 to 20 February 2005, and at The Lowry, Manchester, from 1 March to 17 April 2005.