Student Focus Winners

2010 Student Focus winner: Escuela Argentina de Fotografía, Argentina

Students - Victoria Ines Dobaño& Rodrigo Terrén Toro

For the 2010 Student Focus competition students were asked to produce a series of images which explored the notion of ‘Power’. We have been delighted with the quality of work submitted, the students interpreted the brief with intelligence and professionalism and the judges were impressed by the originality of thought and true breadth of imagery.

The Student Focus competition offers an international platform to support and connect the next generation of photographers. Each year, one academic institution is awarded the Student Focus prize, winning photographic equipment for their photography departments and the students representing the school.

This is an incredible achievement. The honorary Student Focus judges, chosen from the World Photographic Academy, selects one academic institution as the overall winner, through 2 stages of the competition. In 2009, the Student Focus winners had to beat 120 other international schools, to win.

Below, are previous winners and their winning images:

2009 Student Focus winner: Jamia Millia Islamia, India.

Students - Neal Kartik & Pranab Kumar Aich

 After completing a challenging photography assignment in Cannes, France on the theme of ‘Waste and Want’, the two winning images by Pranab Kumar Aich and Neal Kartik are:

The Midas touch

Cry of the big cat

“I thank Sony for giving us the opportunity, and the World Photography Awards for bringing us together, we are really overwhelmed. We believe this is just the start of our journey. This is a very proud moment for Jamia, our university and India too. Photography has really come a long way today, and so have we.”

Prof Farhat Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia

2008 Student Focus winner: IEFC, Cataluyna, Spain.

Students - Salvi Danés & Oriol Lladós

Also completing the competition in Cannes, France titled ‘Camera, Action, Cannes’ using a style of a famous photographer, Salvi Danés & Oriol Lladós produced the series below: 

“It was such a wonderful experience for me to participate in an initiative like this, It is a great launching pad for young photographers like me. I am proud to have taken part in the first edition of these awards and that I have won so far in a final where they appreciated our ability in such little time. I hope this is just the beginning ...”
- Salvi Danés

Salvi Danés went on to be a 2nd place finalist in the 2009 Professional competition in the Sport category.