LONDON, ENGLAND.- Leonie Purchas is the winner of the Ian Parry Memorial Award 2003. The awards and exhibition will take place at the Tom Blau Gallery in London. The ceremony will take place on July 22, 2003 and the exhibition will be on view from July 23 to August 11, 2003. The judging this year, held at the 2 Brydges Club in London on the 23rd June, was a long and a particularly difficult process as the standard of entries was so high, so, our sincere thanks to our judges for their commitment and passion!

This years judges were:

• Don McCullin- Patron

• Tom Reynolds- Art Director Sunday Times Magazine,

• Tom Stoddart- Photographer IPG,

• Harriet Logan- Photographer and former winner of the award,

• John Downing MBE- Photographer,

• Adrian Evans- Director of Panos Pictures,

• Ruth Whittick- Ian’s sister and Charles and John Parry- Ian’s brothers

The Winners:

Leonie Purchas of LCP- winner,

Hazel Thompson- Highly Commended,

Aleksey Lapkovsky- Highly Commended

Beso Uznadze of LCP- Commended.

This is a significant prize for a young photographer, and coupled with the support of The Sunday Times Magazine, which publishes the winner’s work, it provides an excellent launch into a professional photographic career.

For the past four years there has been an exhibition to display not only the winner and finalist’s portfolios but also a wide selection of single images from other entrants. The Tom Blau Gallery have offered our exhibition space once again to host 2003’s exhibition.