We are pleased to announce this years' Eaton Portrait Prize Winners. The standard of the competition was again very high and we are excited to showcase such a wide variety of approaches to the genre. We would like to thank Andy Eaton for his continuous support of the photography department and for his generosity.
1st Place
‘Sterrin’ - Anna Kressler
Year Two
A
girl is smiling in a refugee camp in the Dunkirk suburb of Grand-Synthe
in France. According to the mayor Damien Lent ‘in late July [2015],
there were sixty [refugees]
in Grande-Synthe, then 180 in mid-August. And 2,400-2,500 today [Jan |
Feb 2016]", including more than 200 children like Sterrin, who live in
the camp in squalid conditions. I don’t know what happened to Sterrin
but I hope that despite this uncertain future
she and her family will one day be able to reach their desired
destination, England.
2nd Place
‘Deterioration’ - Samuel Shelton
Year Two
This
image is part of the series ‘Sleeplessness’. It is a visual
representation of severe sleep deprivation. The image is composed of
twenty-nine overlaid self-portraits;
each image represents an hour in which I was awake, over a period of
thirty-six hours. The image depicts the physical and mental
deterioration experienced over long durations of sleeplessness.
3rd Place
‘Changing of an Earring’ –
Amber Schormans
Year Two
As
time passes many social changes happen; our perception of each other
and the world is continually moulding into something new. Vermeer
created the iconic painting
‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ in the 17th century. A new interpretation based on 21st
century views and values enabled a contemporary comment on human
nature. The changing of the earring is a metaphor for how life has
changed, and will
continue to change as time continues to move us.
