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We meet the Sony World Photographer of the Year
April 22, 2021
Perhaps surprisingly for someone who has just been named Photographer of the Year (POTY) at the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA), Craig Easton is angry. This is not necessarily a concern because when Craig gets angry, he is often compelled to challenge what has caused it.
In 2007, BBC Panorama made the programme, White Fright, tracking the ethnic and religious divide between Muslim Asian and white residents in Blackburn. They discovered white residents leaving in large numbers and that the two communities had separate lives.
All images from Bank Top, credit Craig Easton
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The winning photographers in the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards have been revealed – and the images in this year’s winners’ gallery are as fascinating as ever.
The contest runs four competitions – professional, open, student and youth. This year, it received 330,000 entries from photographers across the globe.
The winner of the professional competition, scooping the title of Photographer of the Year 2021 and the $25,000 (£18,201) grand prize, is Scottish snapper Craig Easton for his series of portraits that examine ‘misrepresentation of communities in northern England’ and focus on the tight-knit neighbourhood of Bank Top in Blackburn.
Mike Trow, chair of the 2021 professional competition, said: ‘What is so impressive about this project is the intent, dedication and understanding Craig brings to it. These are not people who necessarily want to be photographed, but Craig gained their trust. They look frankly to camera and we see a mutual understanding bet
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The winners of the professional category of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced, with Craig Easton named as Photographer of the Year for his work on the representation of communities in northern England.
image copyrightCraig Easton
Easton, a documentary photographer from the UK, was awarded first place in the Portraiture category for his project Bank Top.
He collaborated with writer and academic Abdul Aziz Hafiz to examine the representation and misrepresentation of communities in northern England, focusing on a neighbourhood in Blackburn, Lancashire.
image copyrightCraig Easton
The project addresses issues of social deprivation, housing, unemployment and immigration, as well as the impact of past and present foreign policy.