Eaton Portrait Prize 2016 Winners announced

 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 17^th century. A new interpretation based on 21^st 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.

Photography Department Lecture Series: Tom Hunter

Tom has earned several awards during his career, most recently an Honorary Fellowship from the University College Falmouth (2012). He has an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the University of East London (2011) for his work documenting the lives of the people of East London. He was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2010. He is a Professor of Photography Research at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.

 

Tom graduated from the London College of Printing in 1994 with his work ‘The Ghetto’, which is now on permanent display at the Museum of London. He studied for his MA at the Royal College of Art, where, in 1996, he was awarded the Photography Prize by Fuji Film for his series ‘Travellers’. In 1998 ‘Woman Reading a Possession Order’ from his series ‘Persons Unknown’, won the John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery. In 1999 Tom’s series of the ‘Holly Street’ estate was exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, London. In 2000 Tom’s ‘Life and Death in Hackney’ series, went on show at the White Cube Gallery, then on to Manchester City Art Gallery.
In 2006 Tom became the only artist to have a solo photography show at the National Gallery for his series ‘Living in Hell and Other Stories’, which talked about Hackney and its relationship to its local paper. One work was acquired for their collection and is now on permanent display. Tom has recently been commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery London, The Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of London and The Royal Shakespeare company all exhibiting new works, both in film and photography. His works are in many collections around the world including; MOMA, New York, The V&A, London, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Smithsonian, Washington and the Los Angles County Museum of Art.
Tom lives in East London and his work is often particular, but not exclusive, to his community and neighbourhood.

Please join us at the 11th April at 6pm.
Free tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tom-hunter-talk-tickets-24325239446

Eaton Portrait Prize 2016- shortlist announced

The Eaton Portrait Prize is awarded to a BA Photography student at the Cambridge School of Art, whose portrait captured the judges eye through a combination of sensitivity, creativity and skill.  
The Eaton Portrait Prize is unique prize for the BA Photography students at the Cambridge School of Art, which is generously sponsored by Andy Eaton, an alumnus of our course. 
For the last ten years his generous support has been greatly appreciated.

The judges this year were:

Andy Eaton  
Maria Mann - European PressPhoto Agency
Kerstin Hacker - Course Leader
  

Glenn Adams

Kristina Babak

Lucy Brewis

Sylwia Dylewska

Charlotte Fraigneau

Nicole Keeley

Neo Gilder

Amber Schormans

Anna Kressler

Sam Shelton

Jac Williams

Alumni talk - Sports Photographer Danielle Machin

Fresh Ideas exhibition at Changing Spaces

Anglia Ruskin first year Photography BA (Hons) students will be hosting an exhibition Changing Spaces Gallery on Norfolk Street, Cambridge during the first week of February. Students will be showing work they have created during the first semester at uni which includes a combination of digital and analogue work. The exhibition will involve a selection of pieces from portraiture, landscape, abstract, street photography and much more.
 
Link to Facebook event page 

Kristina Babak

Emily Grey

Jo Randall

Alex O'Brien

Glen Adams

Teddy Alabaster

Vicky Quirke

Talia Grelewska

Jac Williams

Daniel Szalay

Melanie Bennett

Sophie Fitzwater

Matthew Huggard

Charlotte Fraigneau

Megan Lovell receives Honourable Mention at the UNICEF Photo of the Year Awards

Megan, a student on the BA (Hons) Photography course at Anglia Ruskin University, was the only British photographer to make the shortlist for the annual prize, which is organised by UNICEF Germany and GEO magazine.

The UNICEF Photo of the Year Awards recognise photos and photo series that depict the personality and living conditions of children worldwide in an outstanding manner.  The top prize was won by Georgi Licovski, a photographer with epa (European Pressphoto Agency), for his images of young refugees on the Greece-Macedonia border.

Megan, who is 20 and lives in Harlow, impressed the judges with a series of photos of her eight-year-old sister Sophie – photos she originally took for a module of her degree course.

She said: “The photos tell the story of my younger sister trying to make sense of an over-commercialised childhood.  Sophie is eight years old and wants to grow up quickly, but is not ready.  To receive such an honour within the UNICEF awards is incredible – I’m almost speechless.”

As well as being the only British photographer, Megan is also the youngest photographer to be honoured this year by UNICEF, who said: “Although she has not finished her training yet, she already is a photographer with a fine instinct and the talent to ‘read’ faces.”

Kerstin Hacker, Course Leader for Photography, said: “The photography department is proud that one of our students has been recognised in the UNICEF Photo of the Year award.

“Megan’s series is a very powerful reminder on the pressures children are under and how important stories can sometimes be found very close to home.  Her work manages to capture the difficult transition from child to adult and the commercial pressure that makes this journey perilous.

“Megan photographed the series as part of the Photographic Sequences module in her second year of study.  The module is helping our students to develop a narrative in a body of work.

“Being selected amongst seasoned photographers for an Honourable Mention in a global, professional photographic competition is an amazing achievement and a real testimony to the ambition and professionalism of our students.”

Second year Lighting Workshop with multiple off camera flash units in the Six Bells Pub

Last Tuesday our second year students went to the Six Bells pub... to learn about lighting a location shoot with multiple off camera flash units. Each of these images is lit with four flash units, reflectors, soft boxes and some natural light.