--- title: "Year 10 Students had the opportunity to visit the National Portrait Gallery" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2020-02-12-year-10-students-had-the-opportunity-to-visit-the-national-portrait-gallery" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Year 10 Students had the opportunity to visit the National Portrait Gallery ![Image of Year 10 Students had the opportunity to visit the National Portrait Gallery](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/114.jpg) 12 February 2020 ![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/1144a.jpg)National Portrait Gallery – Meet the artist Olivia Rose As part of their Portraits in Photography coursework the year 10 students had the amazing opportunity to go along to the National Portrait Gallery to meet award winning photographer and director Olivia Rose. Olivia has worked with some of the foremost contemporary UK musicians and in 2016 she published the critically acclaimed book ***This Is Grime.*** Olivia Rose’s photographic subjects include singer and performer Jorja Smith, rappers Stormzy and D Double E and radio presenter Julie Adenuga. The students were able to see all four of these portraits in person in the display that they visited whilst at the Gallery. They listened to Olivia’s story of how she got into photography, her influences and techniques that she uses, giving them an insight into photography in the real world and inspiring their coursework project. They were then able to take part in a conversation with the Artist, answering their questions about her influences, background and techniques she uses. please see images below that were taken on the day!![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/114a.jpg)**Year 10 Photography students outside the National Portrait Gallery![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/114b.jpg)Exploring the exhibition *Inspiring Photographs: Collecting for the Future* display![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/114c.jpg)Questions with the Artist Olivia Rose** [ Year 8 Parents Evening Thursday 30th January 2020 from 4pm till 6pm](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2020-01-23-year-8-parents-evening-thursday-30th-january-2020-from-4pm-till-6pm) [Year 13 Students visiting the Barbican Theatre on Thursday 9th January 2020 ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2020-02-14-year-13-students-visiting-the-barbican-theatre-on-thursday-9th-january-2020) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)