War on Want launches student photo award

19 November 2009

War on Want has teamed up with key industry professionals and graphic designers to launch Document, a student photography award focusing on global poverty issues. The award, which is currently accepting submissions, asks student from across the UK to depict poverty through landscapes, still lifes or a series of portraits.

Winners will be selected by an expert panel which includes Roger Tooth, head of photography for The Guardian, Stephen Ledger Lomas, photographic director of Dazed & Confused magazine and Lauren Heinz, Editor Foto 8 Magazine. Chairing the panel will be Conrad Tracey from Arts University College at Bournemouth.

All of the shortlisted entries will be exhibited at a central London viewing on 21 - 28 January, with additional dates to be scheduled for Nottingham and Bournemouth.

The award seeks photographic representations of poverty, with a focus on the financial crisis and its impact worldwide. Students are encouraged to uncover the cross-border integration that defines our current economic system, where the decisions taken in the City of London and Wall Street have far-reaching consequences for communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

For more information on the award, including on how to enter, visit Document's dedicated website.

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