Sabanci University has been accepted for Sony World Photography Awards University Programme
Sabanci
University, Turkey, has been accepted as one of the 120 institutions for the
prestigious Sony World Photography Awards Student Focus 2010.
Building on the success
of the 2008 and 2009 competitions, Student Focus incorporates students and
photography institutions across six continents – North America, South America,
Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. This year’s programme welcomes an incredible 120 institutions all
competing with the hope of reaching the final stage of the competition in
Cannes, France in April 2010.
Students from 120
institutions, will submit their work online. A shortlist of two students from
one institution on each continent will then be selected by the esteemed judging
panel chosen from the World Photographic Academy. Judges include:
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
Sue
Steward, photography critic, writer, radio broadcaster, photo-editor and
journalist for a variety of national newspapers
The twelve shortlisted
students, along with their tutors, win a trip to Cannes in April 2010, where,
as part of the World Photography Festival, finalists will conduct their final
assignment. They will also participate in a series of lectures, talks and
master classes led by the judging panel, industry figureheads and Academy
members.
The overall winner will
be announced, along with the winners of the professional and amateur
categories, at the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony at the Palais des
Festival. The Student Focus prize represents approximately 50,000 Euros’ worth of
photography equipment for the individual students and their institution
department, courtesy of the sponsor, Sony.
A highlight of the
festival in Cannes will be a showcase of photographs selected from the student
submissions from all of the 120 participating institutions. When presented together, the photographs are
expected to create a moving and truly global picture of the world today through
the eyes of the student population.
Scott Gray, World
Photography Awards founder, comments: “Student Focus is an integral part of our
programme It provides a platform for both students and educational institutions
from across the globe to compete, interact and develop through the medium of
photography as well as providing us with the opportunity to support those
students in taking their first steps into a professional career.”
This year also sees the
launch of the new Student Focus Facebook fan page which will be an opportunity
for students and tutors to share their ideas as the competition progresses.
Please visit http://www.facebook.com/WPAStudentFocus
For
further information contact: Kiri Gillespie or Veronique Norton
Colman
Getty
T: 020 7631 2666
E: kiri@colmangetty.co.uk or veronique@colmangetty.co.uk
Notes to editors
The 120 selected institutions are:
Europe
Belgium, La Cambre University
Czech
Republic,
Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem
Denmark, The Danish School of Media and Journalism
France, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie
France, Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis Lumiere
Germany, University of Applied Sciences and Arts,
Dortmund
Germany, University of Applied Sciences and Arts,
Hannover
Germany, Folkwang Hochschule, Essen
Hungary, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Ireland, Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design
and Technology
Italy, Instituto Europeo di Design, Rome
Poland, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
Poland, Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
Poland, University of Silesia
Portugal, Universidade Lusofona
Portugal, Instituto de Artes Visuais Design e Marketing
Portugal, Instituto Português de Fotografia
Russia, Saint Petersburg State University Of
Culture & Arts
Russia, Vgik College of Cinema, Tv And Multimedia
Spain, Institut D’estudis Fotografics de Catalunya
Sweden, Mid Sweden University
Turkey, Marmara University
Turkey, Bahcesehir University
Turkey, Sabanci University
UK, London College of Communication
UK, Manchester Metropolitan University
UK, Falmouth University
UK, Central Saint Martins
UK, Kirklees College
UK, Edinburgh College of Art
UK, University of Westminster
Australasia
Australia, Raffles College of Design and Commerce
Australia, University of Technology Sydney
Australia, RMIT
Australia, Murdoch University
Australia, The University of Sydney
Australia, University of Wollongong
Australia, Griffith University
New
Zealand, The University of
Auckland
New
Zealand, AUT University
New
Zealand, Massey
University
North America
California , Art Center College of Design
Canada, Ontario College of Art & Design
Canada, SAIT Polytechnic
Canada, Ryerson University
Canada, School of the Photographic Arts – Ottawa
Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago
Florida, Art institute of Fort Lauderdale
Georgia, Georgia State University, Ernest G. Welch
School of Art & Design
Michigan,
Cranbrook Academy
of Art
Minnesota, The Art Institutes International
Minnesota
Mexico, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Mexico, Tecnologico de Monterrey – campus ciudad
de Mexico
Mexico, Centro Diseño, cine y television
Mexico, Escuela Nacional
De Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmerelda
New
York, School of Visual
Arts
New
York, Parsons, The New
School for Design
New
York, Tisch School of
Art, NYU
Oregon, Marylhurst University
Puerto
Rico, Universidad del
Sagrado Corazón
Virginia, James Madison University
Tennessee, NOSSI School of Art
South America
Argentina, Escuela Argentina De Fotografía
Argentina, Motivarte
Brazil, Candido Mendes University, Rio De Janeiro
Brazil, Centro Universitário Senac
Brazil, Miami AD School/ESPM
Brazil, Universidade De
Caxias Do Sul
Brazil, Universidade De São Paulo
Chile, Instituto Profesional IPP
Chile, Carrera De
Periodismo, Universidad De Concepción
Chile, Escuela De Diseño,
Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Chile, Escuela De
Periodismo, Universidad De
Santiago De Chile
Chile, INACAP
Chile, Instituto
Profesional Santo Tomás
Chile, Instituto Profesional
La Araucana
Chile, Instituto AIEP De
Universidad Andrés Bello
Chile, Instituto
Profesional Duocuc- Sede San Carlos De Apoquindo
Chile, Instituto
Profesional Arcos
Chile, Instituto
Profesional De Chile
Chile, Instituto
Profesional Los Leones
Chile, Universidad Catolica
De Temuco
Chile, Universidad De Artes
Y Ciencias Sociales ARCIS
Chile, Universidad Diego
Portales, Escuela De Diseño
Chile, Universidad De
Antofagasta
Chile, Universidad De Las
Américas
Chile, Universidad Del Pacífico
Chile, Universidad De
Valparaiso
Chile, Universidad Internacional SEK
Chile, Universidad Mayor, Centro Mayor De Innovación Y
Diseño
Chile, Universidad Profesional Santo Tomás
Chile, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
Chile, Escuela de
Comunicaciones Alpes
Colombia, Universidad De Los Andes in Bogotá
Venezuela, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello
Asia
Hong
Kong, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
India, Jamia Millia Islamia
India, Jnafau College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad
India, National Institute of Design
Indonesia, Photo District Jakarta
Indonesia, STIKOM, The London School of Public
Relations – Jakarta
Japan, Tokyo Zokei University
Philippines, College Of Fine Arts, Up, Diliman
Pakistan, Fatima Jinnah Women University
Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
Thailand, The Art Center Chulalongkorn University
Turkey,
Anadolu University
Africa & The
Middle East
Africa, Conser Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers multimédias Balla Fasseké Kouyaté
Dubai, American University in Dubai
Ghana, National Film And Television Institute (
NAFTI )
Palestine, Palestine Polytechnic University
South
Africa, Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University
South
Africa, Rhodes University
South
Africa, Stellenbosch
Academy of Design And Photography
South
Africa, Tshwane University
of Technology
South
Africa, University Of
Johannesburg
South
Africa, Vaal University of
Technology
South
Africa, University of
Cape Town
- The Sony World Photography Awards (WPA), launched in
2007, lend a global platform for the photographic industry and community.
Through a variety of international programmes including a week-long
photography festival, an online magazine, a gallery, an international
student programme and a touring exhibition, the WPA
continually discovers new talent and creates avenues through which to reward
photographers with the support and expertise of industry professionals.
- Dates
for Student Focus are as follows:
Registration
ends: 30th November 2009
Judging: 4th-22nd January 2010
Shortlist announcement: 1st February 2010
Winner
Announcement: 23rd April 2010
- Scott
Gray, Managing Director of the WPA, is available for interview
- The
winners of the 2009 student initiative – University Shoot Out – were Neal
Kartik and Pranab Kumar Aich from Jamia Millia Islamia in India
- The WPA website - www.worldphotographyawards.org now features an online magazine and gallery. It also includes
comprehensive information about the awards, the categories,
a current list of
World Photographic Academy members, and key dates
- Images
from last year’s competition are available via the website’s press centre
- A
full list of competing institutions is available via the website www.worldphotographyawards.org/studentfocus
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