{"id":374976,"date":"2026-01-17T09:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/374976\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:59:23","slug":"portrait-of-bletchley-code-breaker-among-winning-photographs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/374976\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of Bletchley code breaker among winning photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa PearceWest Midlands<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768396634_100_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e9cb4fd0-f079-11f0-8162-5ba718a8bc6a.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Portrait of Britain\/Karsten Thormaehlen A head and shoulders portrait of Charlotte &quot;Betty&quot; Webb who has white hair and piercing blue eyes. she is wearing a light grey woollen jumper.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Portrait of Britain\/Karsten Thormaehlen<\/p>\n<p>This image of Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb was chosen as a winner in the Portrait of Britain Awards. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A portrait of a decorated Worcestershire code breaker is among the winners of a major photography competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The image of Charlotte &#8220;Betty&#8221; Webb is one of 100 to be chosen by the British Journal of Photography for its Portrait of Britain Awards. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Photographer Karsten Thomaehlen said she had photographed the former Bletchley Park worker at her home in Wythall <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c78jd30ywv8o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">before her death, aged 101<\/a>, in 2025. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The winning images are set to be displayed on outdoor screens across the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Among others in the list, Lloyd Wright said he had taken his winning image of factory-worker Lisa in Smethwick. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;She seemed surprised,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but I loved the way she held herself&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Her look felt timeless in the old factory, one of the few workers wearing the traditional machinist jackets and doing so with an ease that felt so natural.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768396634_100_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/58203e30-efe6-11f0-b5f7-49f0357294ff.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Portrait of Britain\/Lloyd Wright Lisa looks ahead, side-on to the camera. She has short dark hair and is wearing a blue top and blue overalls, bearing the name Brooks. \" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Portrait of Britain\/Lloyd Wright<\/p>\n<p>This image of Lisa was captured as she worked in a Smethwick factory<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Anupama Gamanagari said she had photographed her mother who had moved to the UK over 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The 77-year-old, a mother and grandmother, &#8220;carries the weight of migration with grace,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The portrait, taken on a walk in the Staffordshire countryside, &#8220;sits at the intersection of memory, resilience and home,&#8221; she added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;She&#8217;s not a visitor in this landscape, she belongs here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768396634_100_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/de71c580-efe6-11f0-b385-5f48925de19a.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Portrait of Britain\/Anupama Gamanagari Anupama Gamanagari's mother stands in the Staffordshire countryside. She is wearing a purple, white and green fleece with the black hood up. She is also wearing jeans and stands amid greenery in front of trees. \" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Portrait of Britain\/Anupama Gamanagari<\/p>\n<p>Anupama Gamanagari&#8217;s portrait of her mother is entitled 77 Years Young<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Worcestershire-based photographer John Boaz said his portrait of Western rider and model Benjamin was part of a project to capture images showing the diversity of Christianity in Britain. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768396634_100_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/60976b10-f063-11f0-a422-4ba8a094a8fa.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Portrait of Britain\/John Boaz Model Benjamin wears a stetson hat, light brown jumper and coat, with a darker collar. He has a moustache. \" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Portrait of Britain\/John Boaz<\/p>\n<p>A portrait of Western rider and model Benjamin was another of the winners<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">All 200 shortlisted images will feature in volume eight of the Portrait of Britain book series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The 100 winning photographs will go on display on digital advertising screens located in high streets, shopping centres and transport hubs across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vanessa PearceWest Midlands Portrait of Britain\/Karsten Thormaehlen This image of Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb was chosen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-374976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}