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Two of the contestants on Great British Photography Challenge have been named joint winners of the BBC Four show.
Jackson Moyles from Dunfermline and Tyrone Williams from Northampton beat four other snappers to share the honours on the show s inaugural series. There was no way we could split them, said celebrity photographer Rankin, one of the show s judges.
All six hopefuls were given the whole four weeks of the show to develop a signature style and build a portfolio.
Assignments ranged from smartphone camera briefs to themed challenges led by celebrity guests and creative experts.
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To participate in the unofficial franchise of ‘Great British’ television competitions comes with a lot of pressure. Can the show in question be an all-encompassing representation of everything that is British about a given craft? Can it breathe new life into the career of a pensioner-turned-TV judge? And are there enough opportunities to get Union Jacks – on bunting or otherwise – in every other shot?
Great British Photography Challenge is the latest television series to take on this enormous responsibility. This show’s host isn’t in need of a near-retirement resurrection though. Rankin, who co-founded
Dazed & Confused in 1991, is still a big name in the photography world – and as the five-storey North London studio with ‘RANKIN’ emblazoned across the windows indicates, he’s still getting the work to pay his bills.