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Thank you for signing up. --Pat Conroy, author of The Death of Santini and South of Broad "In Hold Still, Sally Mann demonstrates a talent for storytelling that rivals her talent for photography. As historian Peter H. Wilson describes in his recent book Heart of Europe (2020), the Holy Roman Empire, long snubbed by historians of the nation-state, had been in existence for a thousand years at that point; at its peak it had occupied a third of continental Europe. Spearheaded by The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the National Portrait Gallery, Hold Still, a portrait of our nation in 2020, is an ambitious community project to create a unique photographic portrait which captures the spirit, mood, hopes, fears and feelings of the nation as we continue to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak. 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Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020 costs £24.95 (just over $34), and net proceeds from the book will be split between the National Portrait Gallery and the mental health charity Mind. Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020 costs £24.95 (just over $34), and net proceeds from the book will be split between the National Portrait Gallery and the mental health charity Mind. 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