The Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize

5th Annual WESTPHOTO Photography Prize

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5TH ANNUAL

WESTPHOTO

PHOTOGRAPHY

PRIZE

FAMILY & THE FAMILIAR

This year’s University of Westminster WESTPHOTO Annual Photography Prize – which has ‘Family & The Familiar’ as its theme - promises to be the biggest so far.

The concept of family is constantly changing, with every person forming their own definition. Being familiar gives us confidence and security and is a guarantor for a multi-cultural society. As we learn to negotiate changes and new experiences in our lives the unfamiliar becomes familiar. Through photography we can visualise these changes.

As well as all Westminster photography students, the competition – now in its fifth year - will also be open to those studying photography at the prestigious F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediedesign in Zurich, Switzerland.

Closing date for entries is in October and will result in an exhibition in Zurich, Switzerland as well as a London exhibition at the University of Westminster’s Ambika P3 Gallery in December, providing great exposure for the shortlisted images - once again judged by prominent judges from the world of photography.

Please join us in this great celebration of contemporary photography. As always the competition is open to current as well as alumni students and both single images as well as a series of images (projects) can be entered.

For further information please contact Bindi Vora via competition@westphoto.co.uk

Bindi Vora

Competition Co-Ordinator

competition@westphoto.co.uk

Debbie Naylor

Project Manager / Assignments

info@westphoto.co.uk

Andre Pinkowski

Director

pinkowa@westminster.ac.uk

F+F Schule für Kunst Mediedesign, Zurich.

The F+F School was founded in Zurich in 1971, after the art class split off from the Zurich School of Applied Arts, and has since played a pioneering role in Swiss art education. The school experimented early on with performance, video, and the new media, all genres considered avant-garde at the time. Those early years were politically turbulent, featuring events like the founding of the Rote Fabrik cultural centre, where F+F still operates a large studio. After this phase, the school became increasingly well-established as a professional educational venue for art and design.

Today the F+F School of Art and Media Design is supported by a foundation co-founded by the City of Zurich. About 200 full time students currently attend the school. As an autonomous school, F+F advocates an open-minded approach to art and design and cultivates a spirit of partnership between faculty and students.

Submissions have now opened-Please submit images through our website - click on the competition link for more information about submission guidelines
www.westphoto.co.uk

This year's confirmed judges-

Tom Hunter - Artist & Lecturer at LCC

Tom Hunter graduated from the London College of Printing with a BAFirst Class Honours [1994], with his Degree show ‘The Ghetto’ which is a 3Dmodel of Tom’s squatted neighbourhood, this is now permanent display in theMuseum of London's modern galleries. Tom took his MA at the Royal College ofArt, London [1997] creating a series of photographs evoking Vermeer’s paintingstitle ‘Persons Unknown’. In 1998, Hunter won the John Kobal PhotographicPortrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery for his image ‘Women Reading aPossession Order’ from the series ‘Persons Unknown’. In 2006 Hunter was thefirst artist to have a photography show at the National Gallery, London for hisseries ‘Living in Hell and Other Stories’, which talked about Hackney and itsrelationship to its local paper. His most recent work shown at and commissioned by the SerpentineGallery uses film to talk about the history of social housing and its impact onthe ordinary people of London. Hunter currently lives and works in London. His work is oftenparticular, but not exclusive, to his community and neighbourhood’s of EastLondon. He has exhibited work both nationally and internationally, in solo andgroup shows.

Cheryl Newman - Director of Photography at The Telegraph Magazine

Cheryl Newman is the photography director of the award winning Telegraph magazine. Since joining the Telegraph twelve years ago she has raised the profile of the magazine within the industry commissioning intelligent, provocative and inventive photography. Her commitment to quality contemporary photography has provided a much-needed platform for photographers worldwide. A fine art graduate Cheryl is keen to encourage young talent and works closely with photographers on book and exhibition projects. She has been a judge on a number of photography competitions including the Ian Parry award, the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, the Getty Grant 2009. Under her direction the magazine has twice won Newspaper Magazine of the Year at the British Magazine Editors awards. Cheryl is a visiting lecturer at The Bilder Nordic Photography School in Oslo and a member of the awards committee for the Royal Photographic Society.

Simona Dell'Agli - Artquest
Simona is Programme CoOrdinator at Artquest, artquest is the first port of call for visual artists at all stages of their career. Artquest has lots of useful information from transforming spaces in to exhibition spaces, commercial galleries, materials, studios and libraries.
Simona is also a graduate from Westminster where she studied on the BA Photographic Arts course as well as the MA Photographic Studies course. As a photographer she has self published a 'Road Map' titled II Miracolo Italiano as part of the MA show which has been sold in many art books through the years. She has also exhibited at the first Brighton Biennial in 2003, showcasing some of her work.

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Sponsors for this year's prize:

The 4th Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize

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The private view at P3 - London

Catalogue

The new catalogue was launched at the private view – it flew of the shelves and nobody left without a copy.

And the winners of the 4th Annual westPHOTO

Photography Prize are:

Single Image Category

1st Prize (joint) - Christine Feser (Lette Verein)

1st Prize (joint) - Kalle Kataila (Aalto University)

3rd Prize - Olli Karttunen (Aalto University)

4th Prize - Daniéle Da Meda (University of Westminster)

Project Category

1st Prize - Antti Karvinen (Aalto University)
'Untitled'

2nd Prize - Jussi Hokkanen (University of Westminster)
'Border Lake'

3rd Prize (joint) - Hela Shamash (University of Westminster)
'Through the looking glass'

3rd Prize (joint) - Anna Schwarz (Lette Verein)
'Transition'

5th Prize (joint) - Kenneth Bamberg (Aalto University)

'Y'

5th Prize (joint) - Karina-Sirku Kurz (Aalto University)
'All sorts of tresholds'

This year's theme was Border
Borders define our daily existence; they are created by nature and created by man. Borders control our movements and act as guidelines for everyday life. There are at least two sides to every border. They can be concealed; they can be visible or just exist in our minds. westPHOTO in collaboration with Aalto University, Helsinki and Lette Verein, Berlin invites you to submit your images on the theme of Border. Finalists will be selected by a panel of judges (see below) to exhibit in London, Helsinki and Berlin. Prizes will be awarded in two categories - Single Image and Project Work.

Exhibition and Awards Ceremony at P3
Private View and Awards Ceremony

Thursday, 18 November - 5.30pm

The exhibition is open everyday 11.30 - 6.00pm

19 - 24 November 2010

At Ambika P3 Exhibition Space

35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS
London

Sponsors
We are please to announce that thanks to Heidelberg UK we will be able to produce a catalogue with all shortlisted images/projects.

Judges for this year's competition:

Cheryl Newman - Photography Director Telegraph Magazine

Edgar Martins - Photographer

Wolfram Schnelle - Director Mummery + Schnelle Gallery

Cheryl Newman is the photography director of the award winning Telegraph magazine. Since joining the Telegraph twelve years ago she has raised the profile of the magazine within the industry commissioning intelligent, provocative and inventive photography. Her commitment to quality contemporary photography has provided a much-needed platform for photographers worldwide. A fine art graduate Cheryl is keen to encourage young talent and works closely with photographers on book and exhibition projects. She has been a judge on a number of photography competitions including the Ian Parry award, the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, the Getty Grant 2009. Under her direction the magazine has twice won Newspaper Magazine of the Year at the British Magazine Editors awards. (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Edgar Martins, portuguese by birth, grew up in Macau, China, where he published his first novel entitled 'Mäe, deixa-me fazer o pino'. In 1996 he moved to the UK, where he later completed an MA in Photography and Fine Art at the Royal College of Art. He has exhibited extensively throughout Asia, America and Europe and has received numerous awards for his photographic and literary work. His work is represented internationally in various high profile museums, public, corporate and private collections. (www.edgarmartins.com)

Wolfram Schnelle, Director Mummery + Schnelle Gallery Mummery + Schnelle, based in central London, exhibits international contemporary art. The artists showing all make work that demonstrates an awareness of the culture, history, traditions, conventions and genres of their chosen medium combined with an ability to re-examine these in the light of contemporary art practice and theory. The Gallery work closely with international museums, public institutions, critics and curators in order to establish and develop long term critical recognition for the artists it works with. (www.mummeryschnelle.com)

Press Release:
This year’s University of Westminster westPHOTO Photography Prize – which has ‘Border’ as its theme - promises to be the biggest so far. As well as Westminster photography students, the competition – now in its fourth year - will also be open to those studying photography at the prestigious Aalto School of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland as well as the Lette Verein Berlin, Germany.
This collaboration will result in an exhibition in Helsinki, Berlin as well as London, providing great exposure for the shortlisted images - once again judged by prominent judges from the world of photography.
Closing date for entries is in October and the London exhibition will take place at the University of Westminster’s Ambika P3 Gallery. We are looking forward to a celebration of contemporary photography.
As always the competition is open to current as well as alumni students. For the first time this year single images as well as a series of images (projects) can be entered.

We are pleased to have these leading international places for photographic education on board. Aalto University School of Art and Design - Helsinki, Finland ( http://www.aalto.fi ) The Aalto University School of Art and Design has been a leader in art and design education for over 138 years. It is an international postgraduate institution with students from over 50 countries. It offers doctorate, master and bachelor degrees in a wide range of disciplines - fine art, design, new media, art education, visual culture, motion picture and production design.

Lette Verein - Berlin, Germany ( www.lette-verein.de ) The Lette Foundation has responded to the demands of a constantly changing society and work conditions with innovative and praxis oriented educational possibilities since it was founded in 1866. By 1890, the organization offered vocational education in its seven schools - and until 1910 - exclusively for women. The new school building at the Viktoria-Luise Square by architect Alfred Messel was opened on 18. October 1902. The organization became a „public foundation“ in 1943.

The 3rd Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize

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The exhibition at P3 (Ambika)

Winners of the 3rd Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize
1st Prize

Vladimr Kastyl, BA (Hons) Photographic Arts

2nd Prize

Lorenzo Durantini, BA (Hons) Photographic Arts

3rd Prize

Tim Sullivan, Alumni BA (Hons) Photographic Arts

4th Prize

Lawrence Daley, BA (Hons) Photography

5th Prize

Fabio Affuso, BA (Hons) Photography

6th Prize

Javier M Thomas, MA Photographic Studies

7th Prize

Olli Geibel, Alumni MA Photojournalism

westPHOTO Assistant Award

Adam J. Brown - BA (Hons) Photographic Arts

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The 2nd Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize

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The 1st Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize

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The Exhibition (supported by Calumet Photographic)

The Winners of the 1st Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize

1st place
Ilan Godfrey

2nd place
Christopher Brazel

3rd place
Kezia Michelin

4th place
Asimina Giagoudaki

5th place
Edgar Dubrovskiy

Competition Coordinator
Selina Shah

Judges
Lorna Mary Webb - Rhubarb Rhubarb
Andy Golding - Head of Photography and Film, University of Westminster
Kate Edwards - The Guardian

The 1st Annual westPHOTO Photography Prize
London is one of the most inspiring, overpopulated, multi-cultural, polluted, energetic, industrial and politicised cities in the world. We are promoting a photographic competition that depicts London in the widest sense. How do you see London? What is London? Where are you in London? And how do you want to show others your vision of London? Submit your favourite pictures of London.