2010 Student Focus finalists

Students were asked to submit images which focus on the 2010 Student Focus theme of ‘War and Peace’ as reflected in their country, resulting in an astonishing array of unique images. 12 burgeoning photographers - two students from six institutions from six continents - were chosen as the finalists.

The six winning institutions are as follows:

• Africa/Middle East, Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, South Africa
• Asia, Jamia Millia Islamia, India  
• Australasia, Griffith University, Australia
• Europe, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
• North America, SAIT Polytechnic, Canada
• South America, Escuela Argentina de Fotografía, Argentina  

The shortlist was selected by a prestigious judging panel from the photographic community including: Adrian Evans – Director of Panos pictures agency, Adrian Boot – Music photographer and co-founder of www.urbanimage.tv, Jonathon Torgovnik – widely exhibited documentary photographer and co-founder of NGO, Foundation Rwanda, Idris Khan – artist and Sue Steward – photography critic, writer, radio broadcaster, photo-editor and journalist.