Warrant Officer Class 2 Deborah Penny, Royal Logistic Corps, 2017
Portrait photograph by Rory Lewis, Farringdon Studio, London, 19 October 2017.
Rory Lewis' project, 'Soldiery', featured leaders and soldiers from a range of iconic regiments, capturing the evolving face of the 21st century British Army. Warrant Officer Penny was one of a number of transgender soldiers who featured in the project. As of 2014, the United Kingdom granted transgender people permission to serve openly in its armed forces. This photograph won the Portrait of Britain Prize in 2018.
From a collection of 200 A3 portrait photographs from the 'Soldiery' exhibition and book by Rory Lewis, winner of the Portrait of Britain award 2017, 2018 and 2019.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 2018-12-21-145
Copyright/Ownership
Reproduced courtesy of Rory Lewis
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2018-12-21-145