THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT'S FIRST OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN WILL BE TAKEN BY AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER INSTEAD OF A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL, IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY ANNOUNCED. HOLYROOD CHIEFS HAVE DECIDED TO LAUNCH A COMPETITION FOR A PHOTOGRAPHY GRADUATE TO TAKE THE PICTURE AT THE PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE IN EDINBURGH THIS SUMMER. ALL HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES ACROSS SCOTLAND WHICH RUN PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO NOMINATE TWO GRADUATES FOR THE HONOR. THE WINNER WILL BE JUDGED BY HARRY BENSON, THE WORLD RENOWNED SCOTTISH PHOTOGRAPHER, AND A MEMBER OF HOLYROOD'S ART ADVISORY GROUP. BENSON, WHO HAS PHOTOGRAPHED BARACK OBAMA, THE BEATLES AND WINSTON CHURCHILL DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER, WILL ALSO MENTOR THE WINNING GRADUATE AHEAD OF AND DURING THE PHOTO SHOOT WITH THE QUEEN. 'MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THE QUEEN, BUT ONLY A SELECT FEW HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE A SPECIAL PRIVATE PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY', HE SAID. IT WAS REVEALED LAST YEAR THAT A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN HAD BEEN COMMISSIONED AFTER MURDO FRASER, DEPUTY SCOTTISH TORY LEADER, COMPLAINED THERE WAS NO PICTURE OF THE MONARCH IN THE PARLIAMENT. THE ABSENCE WAS BLAMED ON AN 'OVERSIGHT' BY PREVIOUS SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT CORPORATE BODIES. A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT WAS CHOSEN INSTEAD OF A PAINTING TO KEEP DOWN THE COSTS, AND THE CHOICE OF AN UNKNOWN ARTIST WILL ALSO HELP LOWER THE PRICE TAG. THE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MAY AND WILL START WORKING WITH BENSON, WHO VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES FOR FREE. A DECISION HAS YET TO BE TAKEN OVER PRECISELY WHERE THE PICTURE WILL HANG, BUT IT WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A PUBLIC AREA, SUCH AS THE PARLIAMENT'S FOYER.
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