John Myers

John Myers is a well known British Photographer that's associated with the likes of Martin Parr for the subject/style of his work. It's been said that Myers 'captured a generation' and captured the essence of Britain at that time.
He's also curated, has his work published and exhibited all over and now he's more focused on his artwork and what he produces as an artist not a photographer.
Myers has been featured on the 'British Photographic History' website and was interviews about his recent exhibition of his work from the 1970's at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. The exhibition's called 'Middle England'.

One of the things about British Culture or the way we lived that Myers liked to capture was how we used space, he wasn't a fan of going into peoples houses and moving furniture around he liked people to feel comfortable as well as actually shooting them in the space they'd created for themselves. Recently John Myers visited us at Burton and South Derbyshire College and we were lucky enough to see him talk and he went into detail about some of his images and publish books, series of work.  He spoke about this image and this day, he said he went to their house, took no more than 10 shots and new this was the one, because of their positioning. He said the way they sat and were together in the space was the thing for him. he liked them facing into each other and the little details, like the way they sat, him holding his pipe and even the bruise on her leg. He said he just liked how they were, together, in the space and how you can tell their a couple just by looking at the picture even though they're not touching, kissing etc.

This was another of Myers' images that he talked about. Again, his fascination was with space. He was talking about the lady in the image and how she had all this space in her living room, yet put her chair right in the corner and kind of cut herself off from everything. This is interesting to me as when you look at the image it looks like it's been so put together and like the chair and her have been placed there. Yet this is her space. I like this photo and it does remind me slightly of Martin Parr's work because of how British it is, to me. The mantle piece, the fireplace, the ornaments up at the top and even the carpet and fire itself reminds me so much of old family photos and that era in general.

Whilst taking photos, Myers realized how no one really looks at the things we see or walk past everyday if they're not in a certain style or anything else. Things like this we see everyday but no one looks at them or sees them they're just there, and blend in. Yet when you look at them, it makes you wonder, why like that, why did someone design this like that when it's something someone's going to see every day, a bit like, 'boring postcards' by Parr, this highlights the monotony of things that become part of our culture.  

Amelia Beavis-Harrison

Amelia Beavis-Harrison is an artist and curator based in Nottingham in the midlands. She set up and runs the 'Lincoln Art Programme' which is a live art commissioning body in Lincoln, she does this alongside her other projects and freelance art work.
Her art is informed and inspired by her surroundings and all the research she does links her work together whether it's a piece of art, a text based piece or a performance. The research she does involves looking into histories, myths, news articles, local stories and her work is 'informed' by situations, conservations and productions of art as well as the previously listed.
The live art she produces and performs is usually linked well to the local area and art surrounding art scenes.

Amelia also completed the 12 month challenge in 2010.
1 project. 12 challenges. 12 months - 1 challenge a month.

2010 Challenge on Amelia's Website!

"Throughout the course of 2010 challenges were submitted to be undertaken and used as a starting point for the production of art work. It aimed to test artistic practice by undertaking tasks that were in some way alien, and challenges that didn't allow for easy options and had a high chance of struggle, fatigue and failure. Although the challenges were invited to be open, many of those submitted were personal to the challengers, and relevant to the individual.

Throughout the course of the project the emphasis began to shift. Instead of selecting the most challenging each month, the challenges began to be selected with the quality of art work in mind. The project was an exploration into the collaborative act of an artistic practice, and the exploration was an opportunity to discover, take part, learn, take risks, fail and excel. The project concluded in 2011."

Amelia got people to send her challenges, once she had been sent 12 her mission was to complete these art based challenges, one per month, for the whole year. She also assessed how well she did and kept track.

Her art and the projects she takes part in have given us something to think about, whether we could do the same, make up our own or challenge each other.


Example of a challenge: 




Each challenge was posted on her website with some sort of proof she'd done it, photographs, video or audio etc. 
Here's the image that goes with her January challenge.

"January Challenge

18 points out of 576
3.125% successful. 
1.125/36 

Guests in attendance:
Steven Ingman
Next door neighbours
James E Smith
The Lady Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Jeanine Packer

'Invite local celebrities, national celebrities, local government, local clubs and societies, local press, important people and less so, to come to your studio and have you explain what it is that you do / are doing. It will take all of your cunning and tactical skills to get people to actually come, and you can rate the exercise based on who you manage to get (ie. the mayor = 10 points, head of the local hells angels = 4 points).'"

Image of a Snowflake

This was a small fun task we were set one day, as one of our tutors, Marie, is currently doing another 365 project but this time, with Snowflakes. She will make a snowflake everyday of the year, place it somewhere different everyday and take a photograph. For this task we were shown how to make a snowflake, we then made a snowflake and photographed it in a location of our choice. When we were doing this task we were asked to think about how we photographed it, if we used a camera or our phones and how we edited the image - whether we used software on our phones or whether we used Photoshop. We also put thought into where we place the snowflake and to try and put it in an unusual place where you usually wouldn't expect to see a snowflake. 


I took images both on a camera and on my phone, this way I knew I'd be able to experiment more with how I took the picture, the quality of the picture and the editing process in general. 

This was one of the first images I took. I like the contrast of the white of the snowflake and the grey of the tarmac on the floor. I think this reflects how it is when it actually snows too as everyone comments on how the white of fresh snow looks against everything else and makes everything else seem dirty.

When I got the idea to put snowflakes in places where you wouldn't usually find them, I took these two images. They have quite a warm feel to them which I feel adds to them because of how it contrasts with the snow again.

The two images below were edits that I did in Photoshop. By upping the contrast and changing the levels/curves to make the images even warmer and the colours are now how I want them. 

Fantasy Landscape Task (Image Manipulation)

For this task we will produce an image of a 'fantasy landscape' made up of all of our own images after it's been manipulated in Photoshop. We're going to go out and take photos that will make up our final image.  We can manipulate the photo as much or as little as we like, as well as research artists/photographers that have done similar work in this style.

Research - John Goto


John Goto's an English photographer from Stockport and is best known for his photo manipulation. Goto started working with his images and computers in the 90's and has continued since. He's known for working in colour. He's now a Professor of Fine Art at Derby University.




We're able to manipulate an image as little or as much as we like. As you can see by these two of Goto's images he likes to manipulate the image a lot. In this image he incorporated aspects from different countries so you're not sure what the original image consisted of. For example in the background he included the Millennium Dome from London as well as other landmarks from the capital city. The family in the foreground create a strong contrast, in bright clothing on a gondola, something associated with other European countries, especially Italy.

Still Life Food - Research/Task

For this task we have to take a photo of food. Then we'll compare the image with another photographers still life image(s) of food. 
Before I go and take my photo we'll research an artist in that area and afterwards we'll compare and contrast the images to see how they differ and what's similar about them.


Martin Parr

Martin Parr is a British Photographer that is known for his photojournalism, documentary photography and work with and collecting off photo books. He's done a lot of still life photos of food so he's work would be good to use as a comparison to our own and good to research.

Personal Statement

Here is a copy of my personal statement that I wrote and put together myself. Although I'm only just positing it I did it months ago so I could send it off with my UCAS form and apply for University before the deadline. This was a good experience as it made me really evaluate my time at the college, what I wanted to do afterwards and having a word limit made me really think about what was important to include and what wasn't.

My time at Burton and South Derbyshire College has given me a good grounding in my chosen subjects; Photography, English Language and Literature and also helped me develop skills that will be useful for further studies. For example I’ve been a course representative, a member of the student council and have also assisted the college on charity days and events in my free time.

Studying at college has been very different to the education I received at Secondary School. The college environment has allowed me to become more independent as a learner, doing more research as well as knowing how to balance different workloads and sticking to deadlines.

The Extended Diploma in Digital Imaging has been a brilliant way for me to study Photography as well as having separate assignments where we’ve been looking at different types of media, such as; film, music videos, blogs, website design, magazines and having Photoshop workshops. These different areas are where my interest lie and I enjoy combining the separate areas, this comes across in my assignments.

The variety this course has offered me means that I have experienced using a wide range of equipment, software and going work in studios as well as dark rooms. I’ve also learnt how to present my assignments in sketchbooks and on blogs; this has allowed me to record my work in different ways. These range of skills are something I hope to use at University, on a course that offers as much variety as possible, so I can expand my knowledge in different areas of Photography and Media.

My English Language and Literature A Level is something I’ve done along side my Extended Diploma. This has helped me learn how to balance work and different subjects which has improved my time management greatly. Studying this subject has meant that I’ve been able to study different types and styles of writing and improve my writing techniques. Writing is something I enjoy, I feel that this comes across in my other work as it’s always highly annotated and my research is quite in-depth as are my evaluations.

Although being at college has helped me develop a style with my Photography, there is not just one area or type of Photography that I enjoy overall. I like my work to have a lot of variety.  I do like producing series, however; things that are all related to the same thing and follow the same theme, even if all the images are very different.

Attending college has given me more confidence and made me more out going as a person; being a part of the council, having public speaking training as well as being an ambassador has contributed towards building my confidence. I’ve also volunteered my time to help with college open days and other events. I’m now much better as working as part of a team because of all these things and working in groups due to doing tasks with members of my Photography class, however, I still feel able to work by myself and am confident enough to do my work alone.

    

My main aim is to go to University to study photography and different areas of media, to gain knowledge and experience as well as have different opportunities. I think University is the best place to get all of these things and it would be something new, exciting and challenging to do that I hope would help me have a career in this area in the future.

There’s a lot I like to do in my spare time, as well as photography I have a passion for music and am lucky enough to go to see bands preform live on a regular basis. I also take the opportunity to incorporate those two things by taking photos whilst I’m there; and have been asked by several local bands to come and photograph them. I also enjoy going to galleries and was able to go and see one of Steve McCurry’s exhibitions. I love the style of his work and that he’s a photojournalist, this is something I really admire about him as I have a strong interest in writing as well as photography. I love to travel and see different places too, last year I saved up and travelled to America for two weeks and was able to see lots of different areas.

Martin Parr

Martin Parr is a famous English photographer who's done some really, what could be considered, strange, exaggerated or out there work. Some images have been described as grotesque where as others are everyday scenes that could be classed as 'dull' or 'mundane' especially when you look at his 'boring postcards' and 'bored couples'  series. He has become one of the most well known Photographers of the last few decades.
We're going to do a task in which we'll go out and take an image or several images and put them together as a final piece that will have been inspired by and influenced by the work of Martin Parr. Before I went out and started taking photographs I decided it would be a good idea to look at some of Parr's work and decide what elements of his style I wished to incorporate in my own work. 
Here are a few images that influenced my idea and the work I produced for this task, I want the images I've chosen of Parr's to really show and represent my thought process behind the whole thing.

This is from Parr's 'Boring Postcard' series. I like how he's taken something that's meant to be exciting (part of a Holiday) and turned it into something dull, mundane and where everything looks the same. Martin Parr himself said he thought the series was 'mildly humorous' in an 'ironic' sense. I wanted to use the style he'd used here, take photos of a range of the same objects (that are all different, like the beds in this are all different) I think the repetition made this image work for Parr and I hope it'll make my stronger as a final piece.

This image is from one of Parr's series/ photo books 'Bored Couples'. Again I was looking at his use of looking at things and taking photographs of something and making it look so average and mundane no matter what the subject is. Although some people might consider these photographs boring I think again that once they've been put together they become very interesting. Although I really like this one, even on it's own. I think it captures a moment that wouldn't usually be caught on camera as couples would usually be seen smiling or posing at the camera, even candid shots of couples are usually of them looking more happy or together, by holding hands or embracing etc.

I chose to include this one because of the colours in it. The images I've previously shown have been of Parr's have been quite dull and flat in colour which has made the image look bland and boring, this however is the complete opposite it's bright, vivid and makes the whole thing look more interesting and vibrant. This image feels warmer and more summery in general in comparison to the others. A lot of Parr's work is really bright and garish though so I thought this was something I should really include in my work.

This was my final image that I produced for the task. I took inspiration from the postcard image I posted for this task, I took photographs of different types of the same mundane thing. When I thought about it, I never really look at my feet or other peoples feet when I'm walking or going somewhere, especially when I'm in town or city areas because of how dull, dirty and plain the concrete floors/pavements are and I never really look at peoples feet shoes. When I thought about it I decided to do a series of peoples feet/the floor they were stood on at the time, then use the same technique that Parr did and put them all together as one. Not only did I use repetition to produce work in the style of his I made sure that I used something that might be considered boring or un interesting. I then put the images together in Photoshop sizing them and using the grid to make sure they were all exactly the same size. I then altered the colours, contrast and curves a lot to get this affect. I wanted to make it really garish and vibrant, words that have been used many times to describe Parr's work. Overall I'm happy with what I created and my final images that were intended to be in the style of Martin Parr using things that have influenced me from his work and using subject, colour and repetition when thinking about creating the image as a whole.

Amelia Beavis-Harrison

Jill Cole

Jill Cole born in the UK in 1967, currently living in the North of England.

She's best known for her documentary and art photography as well as taking part in and organizing research programmes as well as organizing  and leading lectures.

She's won several awards for her photography including 'Fuji Student Photographer of the Year', Cole has also been nominated 'New York' photo awards. As well as these achievements she's been published in several renowned magazines such as Digital Photo Pro and the British Journal of Photography.

She's spent a lot of her career doing freelance however she's also been commissioned to do several different things, these can be found on Jill's Website under the 'commissions' section. Her other achievements, list of work can be found under 'cv' on her website.

The image/text above is on the website and explains her work in the 'Between There and Here' that she did in 2009. The text is with a selection of images from the series. 

The work in itself is so relevant due to current affairs as well as things that we going on there. It's also relatable now and represents the concept of being vulnerable, being captured and fighting for freedom. 

'Blackbird'

When I first saw this image I really liked it, the different dark shades in the background contrasting with the softness of the colours and texture of the bag. I still like the image but now I've read up on the project and I know the content of the bag I find it quite a haunting image, that it's so still, not trying to get out and that there's something there trapped. 

I still like the image as a whole and the contrast the colours/textures. I also really like that this series have captured an idea and something that is so relevent to cultural events, it's still documenting something that's going on in the world but in an abstract and artist way. This combines both areas of photography she works in. 

'Willow Tit'

As a photo, I love this. I love the colours and the movement in it, whereas the previous image is so still. This shows the bird is at least trying to fight, break away for freedom. This contrasts against the previous one as 'Blackbird' is so still, like it's been defeated and has given up.

This is a photo stitch of all the images on Cole's website for 'Between There and Here'. I like looking at all of them together, even though they're such similar images and the backgrounds the same, the colour and the movement make all the difference in the world when you realize the subject matter. Looking at survival, war, imprisonment and the concept of freedom. 

Transform InsideOUT at Snibston

Transform is a relatively new project that is  incorporating art with history of the local area in association wit Leicestershire's Heritage. We were given a presentation at college by the two project leaders and artists Peter Walker and McKeown, the pair came to talk about 'Transform', share their work, ideas and give us a taster of what sort of work they'd be displaying in the festival and what the meaning was behind it.

Although the project does involve Snibston's history, the main thing that was mentioned is the new software they've been using named SlipStream that the pair have developed by themselves and the public can access for free on the internet. The unique, new and exciting part of the SlipStream software is that no piece of work will ever be the same, it will all be individual and will never be used or seen again, the work produced with it can't even be saved as a single file/project. This aspect of the software is completely deliberate and is meant to reflect the modern age and the world we live in, that everything is disposable and almost everything is readily available at our finger tips.

During the lecture we were given a demonstration of how to use the software and this gave us a real idea of how it worked and how it could be used. The software is very clever although it is still very much a work in progress and is being 'tweeked' or improved and added to all the time. They hope that once they are finished developing it that it can become a more widespread thing used by artists across the board. The pieces of work, as I've previously mentioned are one offs. Once you select the images you wish to use for the projection or slide show the software can take certain parts of the image and turn it into different shapes as well as rotating the image so that the different pieces then get layered on top of one another to create one big really fascinating piece that is constantly changing and developing, almost like the project as a whole is. One of the aspects of this project that I did really like was that, the artists have done this and designed it in such a way that, it's meant to be projected on to a huge surface making it even more obscure and giving it let another level. The only problems they've had so far with this is finding places that will allow them to project their work onto such surfaces especially in public places, one of the reasons they're having this difficulty is because they can't save their work and produce the exact same thing for them again.

The way that they've linked the project to Snibston, where the work will be displayed at the festival, is that all the images that are included in the slideshow were taken at Snibston and reflected the feel of the area perfectly.

Although we were very much aware that the software was a work in progress I think the work and the concept itself was very interesting. For me, I feel that I would use the software if I was able to save my work and look at it, show it to people more than once. I do however understand why this is a feature they have deliberately left out and the point that the artists/designers are trying to make and what statement they're making about the modern world and the times we live in, so I understand their reluctance. 

Jade Birchnall

Jade Birchnall is currently in her final year of her Photography Degree at Manchester University, who previously studied on our Photography course at Burton and South Derbyshire College. She came in and gave a talk about her work as well as presenting some of her images/series and gave us an insight on how going to University has changed the standard of her work and the way she works. 
Jade's Tumblr (website coming soon)

The projects she showed us were all portrait ones with very few still life images. She said herself as well as in her written artist statements why she shoots so many portraits and why she felt she'd developed this style and why it was important to her work and her as an individual. During her talk, she answered the question, 'Why Portraits?'. Jade feels that portraits tell you stories about the subject, draw you in and you're able to connect with the person as well as reveal 'part of a persons mystery'. We were also told about why she preferred to shoot on film, that it made you really think about what photos you take and how you take them, that it's much less disposable than digital photography.


The first project that got her focusing more on portraiture, was 'Yesterday Is Gone', Birchnall took such a strong interest in it because the subject was her Grandma, who'd been recently diagnosed with Senile Dementia which is something that had really effected her and her families lives. Yesterday is gone is a mixture of images as well of recordings of conversations she'd had with her Grandmother. The photos documented her Grandma and gave an insight into how she lived her life, the recordings went really well with the photos and made it feel a lot more personal. The recordings were done without her Grandma's knowledge and this made the content more honest and the clips selected fitted really well and made the photos have an even stronger impact.


Birchnall went on to another project called, 'The Little Sisters of the Poor', although she has a lot of images for this already it's a continuing project that will eventually be put in a publish book. The photos consist of portraits of residents and workers of an old peoples home that is maintained by a group of Catholic Nuns. The portraits show peoples personality and how isolating life in a home can be and how vulnerable they feel. It also looks at the theme of faith and religion. 
Through starting to do this she got in touch with another group of Nun's who were enthusiastic about her photographing them so she began doing that and expanding her project.


Some of Birchnall's Images.
(all of these images were found on her Tumblr, link at the top) 

                                                 

One of the few still lifes, from her project at the home. I think this photo fits well with the theme of her work because of the chair being empty and on it's own it portrays feelings of loneliness and isolation well.

          I really like this photo as it's slightly different to the portraits of the other residents I saw. This shows a happier, more upbeat side when you compare it to the others. His expression as well as the party hat add to those feelings and make it quite a hopeful image.

Still Life - Food

For this task we were looking at still life with food being our subject. We researched different photographers and specific images before hand so we could think about different styles, how images are composed and how things like colour are used throughout these type of photos. 
The majority of still life images I saw when researching for this task were actually commercial images and you can tell that they are done for a specific purpose. Photos used for commercial purposes are very well composed and a lot have a narrow depth of field so that the focus is completely on the food and the eye is immediately drawn to that and not the background or surroundings. 

For example photos like this make sure that the viewers eye is completely focused on the food and not the background or anything else.
Although the colour of the background does have an impact on the photo because the red jam contrasts with the green a lot, again though, this just brings more attention to the food.














This image is another example of how photographers use depth of field to keep the viewers attention completely on the food, even part of the fork in the foreground is out of focus so the eye goes towards the pudding. The colours are in this are really strong too, the red and the white are really striking and the contrast makes a real impact. 

This is an example of a less commercial image all of it's in focus and the composition is very simple. The image is very symmetrical when you look at it's composition. The image also has a very soft, warm feeling of it, although the composition isn't what we'd 

















This is one of my images, I like the mixture of bright colours and how they contrast with the simple white background. The food is just on a paper plate with a napkin on top of it, I got this idea from the photo above. Although I like the colours and how bright it is in the top left corner I don't like how dark the muffin is, it loses detail and makes that part of it too dark when you compare it to other areas. 

Previous Winners

2008s Winner.

In 2008 the brief was to take a photograph that fitted the 'spirit of the novel', Invisible Man - Ralph Ellision. The image had to fit with the theme/feel of the novel itself as well as be appropriate to be the front cover, fitting in with Penguin Books new Modern Classics layout. 

Students would have read the book before creating the image and tried to make it both modern and fitting in with the story as as well as Penguin's new layout. 

This is the image that was chosen. Taken by David Wala from Newcastle College. 

2009s Winner.

In 2009 there was a similar brief. Penguin were looking for another book cover to fit in with their Modern Classics range. This time the cover was for Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring'. Again students were looking for a cover that would fit the feel/story.

This years winner was Andrew Partner from Leicester College.

2010

2010's was another book cover for Penguins Modern Classics and like the previous year had more of a structor/template to follow with the layout as you can see with the texts position, font, colour etc and this would have given something for the students to work with, a basic layout in some ways.

This years book was At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien and the overall winner was Anne Marie Atkinson from Leeds College of Art.

2011

This year the competition was a completely different theme. This year, the theme was senses and the brief suggested that students looked at different senses, what senses meant to us and how different ones could be represented in photographs. We also looked at how different things would be if we were without certain senses. In this respect the competition was a lot more open for us in general and we didn't have a pattern structure to follow as long as we had a clear link to the theme.

This years winner was Clélia Maumene from Newcastle College. 

Fujifilm Student Awards 2012 - Rules and Prizes

About The Competition


Metroprint are sponsoring this years competition, 'The Fujifilm Student Photographer of the year 2012' and will be the ones providing the overall winner with a portfolio as well as a year's course of mentoring.


Terms and Conditions


1. The promoter is Fujifilm UK Limited, Unit 10A, St Martins Business Centre, St Martins Way, Bedfordshire, MK42 0LF (“Promoter”).

2. Entry is open to all students aged 16 or over undertaking full or part-time professional photographic training, or full or part-time graphic design training of which photography is a major part at a UK based college or university. The competition is not open to employees of Fujifilm UK Limited their families and relatives, and anyone else connected with this competition.

3. Entries are accepted from 5 October 2011. The closing date for the competition is 29 February 2012 and all entries must have been received by the Promoter in accordance with the entry process set out below. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the Promoter by the closing date specified above for any reason. Proof of posting or sending is not proof of receipt. Entries via agents or third parties are not valid.

4. Entry into this competition is free of charge and the number of entries is unlimited.

5. To enter, entrants must submit an image of their photograph online at www.fujifilmstudentawards.co.uk (“Website”) on the basis of the brief and information set out on the Website (“Entry”). All photographs must be taken on Fujifilm Professional film. Images taken on digital cameras will not be accepted for judging. Images must be taken between 5 October 2011 and 29 February 2012.

6. Up to 30 Merit winners from all correctly completed entries will be selected by an independent judging panel to be chosen by the Promoter. Within 14 days of the Promoter notifying each Merit winner that their Entry is a winning Merit Entry, each Merit winner must submit a final print for judging on Fujifilm photographic paper, i.e. Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, Fujifilm Multijet inkjet paper or Fujifilm Pictrography/Pictrostat paper without a mount or folder. Entries printed on any Black & White paper will be accepted. The maximum size for prints is A4. Please note that entries not presented as stated in the rules will be rejected.

7. Merit judging takes place in March 2012 and the final judging will be completed by April 2012. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

8. The person submitting the best individual Entry will be deemed the winner and will be awarded the title of Fujifilm Student Photographer of the Year 2012. The winner will receive a prize fund as stated on the Website and may be updated at any time.

9. Each Merit winner will receive 10 rolls of Fujifilm film.

10. The winner and the Merit winners will be notified via email or post within 28 days after the Merit judging or final judging takes place, as the case may be. The winner and each Merit winner must claim their prize within 14 working days of the Promoter sending notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the promotion rules.

11. The college or university that submits the most entries will receive £200 worth of Fujifilm film. The relevant college/university tutor will be allowed to choose their preferred type of film.

12. By entering this competition each entrant confirms that his/her Entry is their wholly-owned creation and to the extent that such Entry makes use of any third party materials that these have been fully cleared unless they are no longer protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Entrants will keep the Promoter harmless from any claims that the Entry infringes the personal or proprietary right of any other person.

13. Copyright remains the property of the photographer at all times but each entrant grants to the Promoter a non-exclusive, sub-licensable perpetual, royalty-free, world-wide licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, distribute and display any Entry submitted as part of this competition in any media now known or hereafter invented. If you do not want to grant these rights, please do not enter this competition.

14. Prizes are not transferable.

15. If the quality of entries fall below the required standard, Fujifilm UK Limited reserves the right not to award a first prize or any merit winning prizes.

16. The winner and the Merit winners agree to take part in reasonable post event publicity and to the use of their names and photographs in such publicity.

17. By entering this competition each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.

18. These terms are governed by the Laws of England and Wales.

Prizes


The overall winner will win:
- £200 worth of Fujifilm
- A professionally produced portfolio (Metroprint)
- A Trophy and title, 'Fujifilm Student Photographer of the Year 2012'


Up to 30 Merit runner-up winners will recieve 10 rolls of Fujifilm Film


College Prize:
- Certificate and £200 worth of Fujifilm Film.