Award wants to unearth College talent

THE SEARCH is on to find the cream of Carmarthen’s creative photography and film talent, as one of the nation’s most prestigious student photography awards is now open for entries.
The annual ‘EIZO Awards’ organised by a leading manufacturer of monitor solutions, EIZO, is designed to champion creativity behind the lens and provide a vital career kick-start to talented students looking to follow in the footsteps of the UK’s photography greats.
Coleg Sir Gar students across creative disciplines such as commercial and editorial photography and film direction can enter the awards to be in with a chance of winning the top prize – an EIZO ColorEdge monitor and exclusive placement with one of the world-renowned judges.
This year, the EIZO award is open to film submissions as well as photography entries.
Now in its 4th year, the judges for this year’s awards are all UK-based professional photographers and include; Tim Flach a London based animal photographer; Helen Jennings, an esteemed editor, consultant and curator whose specialisms include visual arts and Alistair Taylor-Young, a British photographer and film director whose impressive client list boasts Dior, Bloomingdales and Fendi.
There will be three total winners, one chosen by each of the judges. One of the former winners of the 2018-19 award is Jimmy Lee (26), a previous student from University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, who commented: “I entered the award as EIZO is a well-established brand in the creative industry. It was a great opportunity to connect with professionals in the creative network. My advice would be to be yourself and submit the work that you really enjoy!”
Hayley Osborne, Head of Marketing and Communications for EIZO Limited, added: “There is a wealth of photography talent across the UK and so our awards are designed to unlock that skill, flair and imagination. By working closely with universities, we want to champion the creative photographer film and image-makers of the future and give students the best possible platform to showcase their work. We’d love to see what the students of Carmarthen have to offer!”
Both universities and students can now download a copy of the EIZO Awards brief and find details on how to enter including terms and conditions at www.eizocolour.com/eizo-award/. Entry submissions are now open and close on Thursday 14th May 2020. Judging will commence in May next year, before the winners are announced in June 2020.