World Photography Student Focus

Student Focus is the global education programme created by the World Photography Organisation.  Student Focus offers an international platform to support and connect the next generation of photographers.  Throughout the year Student Focus also engages with academic institutions and organises talks, forums, exhibitions, symposiums, portfolio sessions and the of course the largest programme of them all - the Student Focus competition.  Come and find out more and join the growing network of students worldwide...

Get ready to be exposed...

2011 brings an exciting partnership with the Young Tate Online and the Tate Modern exhibition: Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera.

Become part of the World Photography Student Focus community and join this rapidly growing global platform. With over 120 international institutions and thousands of students already engaging in the programme, Student Focus supports and connects the next generation of photographers, as well as those who teach this art around the world.

Share your work with other students from across the globe, view other students’ work and enter the competition today.

Is your university signed up for the Student Focus Competition yet? If not, get your university registered today!

If your university is already registered on our Participating Institutions list, log in to your members account and assign yourself to your university.

Student Focus is committed to supporting young photographers and the practice of photography.  Through various global initiatives, we enable these young professionals to take their first steps into a photographic career, by providing invaluable experience within a professional capacity. We create unique opportunities for both universities and their students to communicate with their contemporaries across the world, meet with and be critiqued by leading industry figures.

For inspiration visit the Young Tate ‘Exposed’ pages.

A look at the Student Focus events in Cannes, France. Spanning the last three years, from the start of the programme in 2008 to the latest events in April, 2010.

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