Lockdown knitting self-portrait and images of Indonesian transgender women win first place
Images of an artist knitting in order to get through a lockdown low and a rare glimpse into the lives of transgender women in Jakarta have won one of the most prestigious photography prizes in the UK.
Jameisha Prescod’s bedroom self-portrait in London and Yoppy Pieter’s survey of trans women in the Indonesian capital both won the Wellcome Photography Prize, which awards the winners £10,000 each.