Eaton Portrait Prize 2018 - Shortlist announced

We are proud to present the Eaton Portrait Prize 2018 shortlist.

The Eaton Portrait Prize is a unique prize for the BA Photography students at the Cambridge School of Art. Thank you to everyone who submitted prints.

The judges this year were Lillian Wilkie (Chateau International), Julia Johnson (Cambridge School of Art), Kerstin Hacker (Cambridge School of Art) and Andy Eaton.

The prize was generously founded in 2007 by Andy Eaton, an alumnus of our course. His generous support has given us the opportunity to celebrate the amazing talent of our students. 

The exhibition of prints will open on the 8th March in the Mumford Theatre Foyer. During a ceremony at 5.30 pm the winners will be announced.

Laura Molloy

Charlotte Fraigneau

Estel Hristova

Emily Bevans

Inez Mihaldinecz

Roxana Ruse

Kristina Babak

Sam Robins

Lucy Twyford

Jac Williams

Congratulations to the shortlisted photographers.

Dark Room - MA Photography alumna Julie Sleaford and MA Printmaking alumna Vic Dawson show at Cambridge Artworks

In the summer of 2017, during a residency at Cambridge Artworks Caravanserai, Julie Sleaford and Vic Dawson explored the mysterious and unexplained, probing the relationship between uncertainties and belief systems.

They invited the public to visit 'The Mobile Laboratory for Extraordinary Research' where they had converted a caravan into a lens-less pinhole camera and darkroom. Participants then posed outside of the caravan to create an image that travelled through time and space to become imprinted onto photographic paper.

In addition to the photograph, visitors’ stories of unexplained events were recorded onto audio tape, which further explored attitudes to uncanny or mysterious happenings.

Sleaford and Dawson also wanted to investigate how certain objects hold a powerful resonance that goes beyond being a simple possession. Objects which held special significance for the visitor were photographed in the pitch black of the dark room caravan using a flash that captured their belongings in a frozen moment.

The results of their research are shown in 'Dark Room' at Cambridge Artworks ArtSpace Gallery from Friday 2nd March to Sunday 4th March.

#Camvote100 celebrations - Hundred years of women’s suffrage

Female students from the BA(Hons) Photography were volunteering their skills for a day of celebrations commemorating 100 years of women's suffrage.

 Final year Kristina Babak photographed in #camvote100 twitter campaign at the Cambridge Guildhall. 

Final year Joanna Randall photographed the group photograph of female students and staff at Anglia Ruskin with the support of  first year students Jess Britain and Lyydia Osara

Female second year students and course leader Kerstin Hacker helped celebrate by taking part in #camvote100 campaign.