The Ilford Photo and Harman technology student photography competitions have received a record-breaking number of entries from students from different schools in the UK.


March 20th, 2015 – The photography contest for students hosted by Ilford Photo, owned by Herman Technology ltd, is only one of the ways the company promotes black and white film photography. It is now becoming the only company still exclusively all about black and white and the tremendous response by the youth to their competition shows that black and white photography is not forgotten.

The theme of the competition was “Motion”, which was a wide topic that could be interpreted in any way possible, with any kind of subject and style. While the response is great every year, this year it was an overwhelming 1,000 plus students which set a new record for the competition.
Entrants have to submit photographs taken using traditional Ilford Photo black and white film, printed on minimum size 8×10 Ilford Photo black and white photographic paper, by the students themselves. Those who sent in digital entries had to be printed onto HARMAN CRYSTALJET ELITE RC Inkjet paper on a minimum of A4 size.

The main prizes and runner ups were set to receive £150 and £100 worth gift vouchers, respectively, that can be spent on products offered of the Ilford and Herman Technologies websites. Plus, the college that provided the most number of students whose entries were eligible was to receive a £250 voucher.

Elliot Jagger from the Leeds College of Art won the The Ilford Photo Student Photographer of the Year 2014 title with her entry titled ‘Light in the dark’, while Laura Cogan from Lincoln College was the runner-up, with her entry “Almost There”.

The Manchester College student Andy Barton brought home the Harman technology Student Photographer of the Year 2014 for Digital, and the runner-up for this award was Brydn Webb from the Norwich University of the Arts.

Harman’s director of sales and marketing, Steven Brierley, was overwhelmed by the support of the colleges and the tutors, and by the number of students who entered the competition this year. He was also intrigued by the quality of work produced by the students, saying it was an excellent display of talent by the youth.

Ilford has been producing quality black and white silver halide film for over 130 years, and continues to grow its business, looking forward to a bright future ahead with so many young people going back to the basics and taking up black and white film photography.

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