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.
Event photography: Denisa IlieBeyond 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.”
Overall winners
11-15 age group
Evie Martin – Maiden Erlegh School
16-19 age group
Anzelika Jermosina – City College Norwich
Category winners
‘People’ category – chosen by Cat Gundry-Beck
Ella Martin – King’s Ely
‘Places’ category – chosen by James Smith
Emily-May Stephenson – South Staffordshire College
‘Things’ category – chosen by Clive Booth
Danny Hillier – Suffolk One
Moving Image category
Agatha McSorley – Maiden Erlegh School
