Jack O’Connell picture commissioned by National Portrait Gallery
It coincides with his performance in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof in London’s West End.
A new photograph of This Is England star Jack O’Connell has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery.
The portrait, taken by photographer Tereza Cervenova, was commissioned through the John Kobal New Work Award, which is awarded annually to a photographer under 35.
He is currently starring as Brick in a production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre in London.
In the picture O’Connell is reflected through a window as his torso apparently emerges intertwined with panels of a wooden fence.
Cervenova said: “In portraiture my aim is always to manage to unveil what lies beneath the surface and meet the real person behind it and thanks to Jack’s openness, seeing through the ‘actor’s shield’ was both natural as well as effortless.
“Jack was very generous not only with his time but also with his thoughts and stories.
“We are delighted that in an innovatively composed photograph by Tereza Cervenova, Jack O’Connell now joins Felicity Jones, Olivia Colman and Andrea Riseborough in this exciting series of portraits commissioned from selected photographers in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.”
The photograph will go on display at the gallery in 2018.
