Beak in down © Jason Yeomans
We’re really pleased to announce the winner of the BenQ YEARBOOK 2020 award is Jason Yeomans, selected by Tallie Wright, representing BenQ. Jason will receive a BenQ PhotoVue SW240 professional monitor with shading hood.
“We have chosen this image as we were immediately drawn to the tones in the photo and the way it could almost be a fine art piece seen in a gallery, which Jason too envisaged. The image shows great professionalism through its composition; the framing of the shot, the viewpoint, the negative space. We’re drawn to the textures of the birds feathers but yet also the smooth ripples of the water. It’s very appeasing to the eye.” – Tallie Wright
“I’m a London based photographer with a fine art background; I’m trying to form a personal perspective on life through taking images, I’m looking to find pictures that resonate in some way, that might deserve to exist on a wall.” – Jason Yeomans
See Jason’s Shutter Hub portfolio here, and visit his website here.
BenQ Corporation is a world-leading human technology and solutions provider aiming to elevate and enrich every aspect of consumers lives. Set apart by the unique philosophy of ‘Because it matters’, BenQ is committed to empowering people to live better, increase efficiency, feel healthier and enhance learning through people-driven, innovation-fuelled products. For photographers, filmmakers and graphic designers, they build and develop professional monitors focusing on colour reproduction and technology, eye health and efficiency. The monitors allow you to work with ease, knowing that what you see is true to life, and your work output is of the highest quality.
With most of the graduate shows cancelled this year and uncertainty about when events of that size and nature will be able to go ahead, we started thinking about what these shows mean for those involved, and what they’re missing by not having them. In many ways they echo the ethos of Shutter Hub exhibitions – group shows of work by many varied photographers, promoted to the photography world, attended by industry experts, other photographers’ networks and potential employers.
At Shutter Hub we’re always trying to find ways to create opportunities for as many people as possible, so we came up with an idea that could have a positive impact for everyone, and not just for graduates…
We invited all photographers who wanted to promote their work to enter YEARBOOK. Whether they were recent graduates, self-taught, graduated a really long time ago, under 30, over 30, emerging, emerged or not even sure what emerging means. Entrants paid what they could, there were no set entry fees. Some entered a single image, some a series and some a whole portfolio. We received several thousand images and in the online exhibition we are showing at least one image from everyone who entered. 100 photographers selected to be included in the YEARBOOK 2020 publication, selected by judges from our partners BenQ, Exposure Photography Festival, Fujifilm Original Photo Paper and Newspaper Club and Shutter Hub creative director Karen Harvey. For their awards, each judge then selected a shortlist of 10 photographers from the full YEARBOOK 2020 online exhibition, featuring over 200 photographers. The judges were sent all images and information submitted by those shortlisted photographers to make their final selection.
If you are an editor, director, curator or someone who commissions, promotes or supports photographers and would like to receive a copy of the YEARBOOK 2020 printed publication, featuring 100 selected photographers, please register your interest by completing this form.
The YEARBOOK online exhibition showcases work from over 200 photographers from across the world. YEARBOOK is a group show, promoting the skill and talent of photographers working now. We invite you to explore the gallery and the huge range of styles and subjects from photographers across the world. View the full exhibition here.
YEARBOOK 2020
09 July – 09 September 2020
SHUTTERHUB.ORG.UK/EXHIBITION-YEARBOOK-2020
The YEARBOOK 2020 publication is printed by: Newspaper Club.
The YEARBOOK 2020 Awards are supported by: BenQ, Exposure Photography Festival, FujiFilm Original Photo Paper, and Newspaper Club.
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