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What is crime? - Photography competition

RESULTS of the What is crime? photo competition

The decisions of our prestigious judging panel are:

• Competition Winner `The Palestinian Wall' by Reyaz Limalia
• Winner of the Environment category `Dark Waters' by Alex Masi
• Runner-up of the Environment category `The Sea at Foxhall' by Catherine Linsday Davies
• Winner of the Finance category `May's Legs' by Davy Jones
• Runner-up of the Finance category `Children of Leather' by Alex Masi
• Winner of the Violence category `The Wall, Jerusalem' by Jim Bulley
• Runner-up of the Violence category `In need of refreshment' by Anna Chrystal Stephens

The winning photographs can be viewed here. These pictures were exhibited at the 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning gallery in July and August 2009.

The judging panel considered how well the entries challenged common-sense thinking about crime. They scored each picture against this criteria, with the collated scores giving us an overall competition winner, a winner in each of the three categories, and a runner-up in each category.

More details of the judging panel and process can be found below.

The competiton prizes

1st prize of £500 and a day at the The Independent's picture desk was awarded to the overall competition winner.

2nd prizes of £330 each was awarded to the winner in each category

All winners and runners-up were displayed as part of our What is crime? exhibition, held in summer 2009.

The What is crime? exhibition
An exhibition was held from 4th July - 21st August 2009, at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning - the contemporary arts and learning space set up in Brixton in response to the social unrest of the 80s, which displays art and works with the local community. The winning photos were a part of this exhibition, exploring and challenging the conventional understanding of violence, environmental and financial injustice.

The competition judges
The judging panel was made up of high profile people bringing a range of expertise from the world of arts and academia, including photographers, criminologists, curators and even the award winning film maker Ken Loach!

Details of the judging panel can be found here.

How the competition was judged
Entries were judged on whether they moved the panel and challenged thinking on what is harmful, unjust or criminal under each of the three competition categories. The judges selected a winner and runners-up in each of the three categories.

For full information, please read the Rules and Terms & Conditions carefully using the link below.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE RULES AND TERMS OF THE COMPETITION

More about the competition

Find out more about the competition here:

• ABOUT THE COMPETITION