EIZO make monitor screens for creative people, but that’s not all we do: We also run a student photography award which recognises the best in new creative image making. It’s our commitment to the future of the industry. Winning entries receive an EIZO ColorEdge monitor and a work placement offer with a leading photographer.
Previous winners have spent time with the likes of Rankin, Miles Aldridge, Simon Roberts, Benedict Redgrove and John Ross.
Submissions for the 2022 EIZO Award will open on the 1st March 2022.
The Brief
Colour is more than a palette; it is life and is present in all aspects that surround it. We want to see how you represent this in your work; what is the significance of colour in the images you create and what are you aiming to communicate through the use of it in your work.
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Key Dates
1st March 2022: Awards open for submissions
31st May 2022: Awards Closed
June 2022: Winners Announced
Summer 2022: Work Placements
The Prizes
An EIZO ColorEdge monitor
Work placement with one of the judges A fast track into the industry. Chosen winners will get the chance to work alongside one of our judges – looking, listening, learning and getting something valuable on the CV.
The Judges
Charlotte Wales
Known for her ethereal visual spaces imbued with humour and fantasy, the British fashion photographer and filmmaker Charlotte Wales has become a signature eye for some of the world’s biggest fashion houses, including campaigns for Hermes, Chloe, Celine, Chanel, Cartier, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Louis Vuitton. Having studied Fine Art at Central St Martins, Charlotte has gone on to shoot for publications; Vogue US, UK, Italia, French, Pop Magazine, The Face magazine, The Gentlewoman, M Le Monde and New York Times Style Magazine, creating nostalgic and whimsical atmospheres playfully suspended in gravity. Her creative vision is matched with a visionary dedication to female camaraderie, working with iconic women such as Cindy Crawford, Brooke Shields, Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Zoé Kravitz, Lana Del Rey, and Adele.
Tim Flach
Harry Borden
Harry Borden is one of the UK’s finest portrait photographers and his work has appeared in many of the world’s foremost publications including The New Yorker, Vogue and Time.
He won prizes at the World Press Photo awards (1997 and 1999) and was a judge in the contest in 2010 and 2011. In 2005 he had his first solo show at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the organisation currently have 117 of his prints in their archive.
In January 2017, his book ‘Survivor: A Portrait of the Survivors of the Holocaust’, was published by Octopus. Martin Parr said, “something really to behold…” and Alain de Botton declared it, “A masterpiece and deeply moving”. In 2018 it was judged one of the year’s 10 best photography books by the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation. His second book, Single Dad came out in March 2021. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
Lakin Ogunbanwo
Rob Rusling
Rob Rusling is a Fashion Photographer based between London and Paris.
Previously first assistant to the iconic Fashion Photographer Nick Knight, Rob has since taken on work under his own name with clients such as Maison Margiela, Balmain, Vivienne Westwood, Tag Heuer, Gareth Pugh, A COLD WALL*, DIESEL and Adidas. As well as publications including Paper, Numero, 10 Magazine, King Kong Magazine, Ruush and The Face. Along side his commercial and editorial work Rob published the limited edition fine art title ‘Pierrot', in which he and his collaborators reimagined the classic character.
Also of Note is Rob’s inclusion in the 2019 NEW WAVE 100 list awarded by the British Fashion Council as part of the 2019 Fashion Awards. The a list of 100 of the most innovative and inspiring young creative talents from around the world.
Alistair Taylor Young
