London through the eyes of its local residents

What does the Spirit of London look like? We asked our readers exactly that back in August this year in aid of the first-ever Beefeater Portrait Prize. The responses (and there were a lot of them) spanned from candid moments with friends, to intimate summer memories and stylised shots of the effervescent characters that make up the capital.

Following a panel critique from the industry’s finest, including Leica Akademie curator Robin Sinha and founders of art buying platform Darklight Art, Mimi Gray and Sarah Williams, to name a few, three lucky winners were selected. Their names are: Dean Idoniboye, Leif Sebastian and Ethan Parker.

You can read interviews with the winners here. And if you’re curious about some of the other brilliant submissions, take a look at some of our highlights below.

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