Guinea pig subject scoops top prize for photographer

AN IMAGE of a 13-year-old holding her pet guinea pig has scooped Britain’s National Portrait Gallery photo-graphic prize.

Guinea pig subject scoops top prize for photographer

The picture of Harriet Power at the Royal Welsh Show beat over 6,000 en-tries for this year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.

Jooney Woodward, 32, who wins £12,000 (€14,000), took the picture after scouting the sheepdog trials, livestock competitions and regimental bands at the agricultural show in Builth Wells, Powys, for her potential subject.

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