Stan Tracey. The Guildhall, Bath, 2003 Photo Credit William Ellis. All Rights Reserved.

This portrait of Stan Tracey has recently been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery. Photographer William Ellis has been interviewed by the New Statesman’s Cultural Capital blog on the subject of portrait photography. The article concludes: “It is impossible to say definitively what the elements are that combine to make a great portrait. What’s clear is that Ellis captures the warmth and personality of his subjects. So often, he manages to get a photograph that becomes the defining image of that person in my mind.”