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BTF Winner Ella Martin - Double exposure portrait of a young woman in blue and red light against a black backdrop. A white Beyond the Frame logo is layered on top of the image.
BTF Winner Evie Martin - Moody landscape image of a fork in the road in a forest, with a young girl running towards the camera through the mist.
Photo from Beyond the Frame presentation. Shot from the back of a lecture theatre, the four judges are sitting on chairs in front of a large screen.

Beyond the Frame 2023 winners announced

Winners announced in two age group categories, 11-15 and 16-19, and four theme categories, People, Places, Things and Moving Image. 

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Photo from Beyond the Frame presentation. Shot from the back of a lecture theatre, the four judges are sitting on chairs in front of a large screen.

Wide shot of a gallery with lots of photographs hung on white walls. A crowd is looking at the pictures.

Wide shot of a gallery with lots of photographs hung on white walls. A crowd is looking at the pictures. A television is on the left wall.

Event photography: Denisa Ilie

Beyond the Frame is an international photography competition open to students in Secondary or Further Education (ages 11-19). This is the competition’s sixth year, and saw an incredible level of participation. 650 entries from 176 schools in 26 different countries were narrowed down to just 50 shortlisted candidates.

All three judges were overwhelmed by the quality of work on display, and were hard-pushed to select just six winners. All shortlisted candidates and their work can be seen on the Beyond the Frame website.

Both age group winners were awarded with a EOS M50 Mark II camera, courtesy of event sponsor Canon. ‘People’, ‘Places’, ‘Things’ and Moving Image winners received a prize selected by the judge of each category.

Winners were announced at a ceremony held at Norwich University of the Arts, to which all shortlisted photographers were invited. Judges Clive Booth and Cat Gundry-Beck introduced some of their work and practice, before they were joined by BA (Hons) Photography Course Leader James Smith, and Norwich Photography graduate Jason Stirland for a discussion on the future of photography.

“The standard of work on show was incredible and produced such a diverse range of images. The sense of play and experimentation was unbelievable, with people finding influences from so many different places.”

Cat Gundry-Beck, ‘People’ category judge

Overall winners

11-15 age group

Evie Martin – Maiden Erlegh School

BTF Winner Evie Martin - Moody landscape image of a fork in the road in a forest, with a young girl running towards the camera through the mist.

16-19 age group

Anzelika Jermosina – City College Norwich

BTF Winner Anzelika Jermosina - Figure covered in draped blue flowery fabric that surrounds them and fills the whole image.

Category winners

‘People’ category – chosen by Cat Gundry-Beck

Ella Martin – King’s Ely

BTF Winner Ella Martin - Double exposure portrait of a young woman in blue and red light against a black backdrop.

BTF Winner Ella Martin - Portrait of a young woman in blue glittery light against a black backdrop.

‘Places’ category – chosen by James Smith

Emily-May Stephenson – South Staffordshire College

BTF Winner Emily-May Stephenson - Image of an ice cream van parked in an empty car park with a foggy field in the background.

‘Things’ category – chosen by Clive Booth

Danny Hillier – Suffolk One

BTF Winner Danny Hillier - Black and white image of a shadowy figure wearing stuffed tights, tied in balls against a paint splattered backdrop.

BTF Winner Danny Hillier - Black and white image of a crouched, shadowy figure wearing stuffed tights, tied in balls against a paint splattered backdrop.

Moving Image category

Agatha McSorley – Maiden Erlegh School

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