UEL students snap up prizes in top photography competition
Monday 26 March 2012
Photography students from UEL’s School of Arts and Digital Industries captured the lion’s share of top prizes at a national film competition, ‘Framing the Nation’ this month.
Although the competition, hosted by photography giant Ilford (Harman Technology Ltd), was open to all UK universities, UEL won 3 out of the 6 available prizes, while the University itself was rewarded for its flare for photography, winning the prize for the University with the most eligible entries.
Overall winner in the mono category was Thomas Janusca, taking away the prize of £350 cash, plus a Harman Titan Photography kit for his photograph snapped at the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake in Caversham, Berkshire.
Jan Van De Kaa and Natalia Castaneda Bassi both won runners-up prizes of £100 worth of Harman product. All three are Level one single honours BA photography students.
The winning entries were displayed on the Ilford photo stand at ‘Focus on Imaging’, which took place at the NEC Birmingham at the beginning of March, where the students were awarded their prizes.
Ralph Hall, senior lecturer in photography at UEL, said: “I’m thrilled that the University did so well in a competition run by such an iconic brand, we have some incredibly talented students at UEL as this competition demonstrates, congratulations to them all.”
Notes to Editors
The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with over 28,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of its diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry.
