The winner of the £15,000 first prize was announced in November, shortly after the competition's shortlist was released, on the National Portrait Gallery’s social media channels. Second prize was awarded to Lydia Goldblatt for Eden a portrait of her young daughter alone in her garden during lockdown. Yolanda Y. Liou was awarded third prize for her portrait of model, plus size advocate, and Instagram influencer, Enam Ewura Adjoa Asiama.

The winning portraits will remain on display in an online exhibition on the National Portrait Gallery’s website through March 21, 2021. The exhibition features 54 portraits from 37 different artists selected for display by a panel of judges including Edward Enninful, Editor-in-chief of British Vogue, photographer Mark Neville and Penny Martin, Editor-in-Chief of The Gentlewoman. This is the first time in the history of the award that all the prize-winning photographers are women.