We are delighted that Luan Davide Gray’s portrait ‘We Dare to Hug’ has been shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery.

From 5,910 submissions to just 4 portraits: Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize

‘It does not matter who you are or whom you love – first and foremost, you are a human being, carrying hope and the right to love without walls around your soul.’ (Luan Davide Gray 2025)

We Dare to Hug can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery from 13th November 2025 – 8th February 2026, alongside the three other shortlisted artists: Hollie Fernando, Martina Holmberg, Byron Mohammad Hamzah.