Nikon fondation competition

In February I found a leaflet promoting a Nikon Foundation competition.

Info about the competition from its website:

"The Nikon Foundation offers final year photography students an opportunity to win the ultimate career enhancing boost – three month’s paid employment as a photographer’s assistant to renowned fashion and celebrity photographer John Wright!

Entries will be shortlisted to ten portfolios by John Wright, a representative from Nikon, Warren Jackson, Art Director at Condenast and Russ O’Connell, Photo Director at Q Magazine. The ten shortlisted entrants will be invited to attend a job interview on 20th April 2011 at John Wright’s photography studio in London where they will be required to talk about their photography and why they want to work with John. This will also be an opportunity for John to get to know everyone, and to work through some photography exercises. 

Living in London to do the job, the winner will also receive £3,000 cash to help with living expenses. And if this money can’t buy prize is not enough we’ll also be giving the winner a top of the range Nikon professional camera and lens kit too worth £4,000.

John Wright’s portfolio is bursting at the seams and includes shots of a whole host of A List celebs such as Bono and Lady Gaga. Working with John will give the lucky winner an unrivalled opportunity to learn from the best, to make invaluable industry contacts and to experience the real-life demands of a career in photography."

I spend ours chosing the best pictures from my portfolio, I even did a little survey amoung my artistic friends which ones they would pick up. Finally I had 12 the best of the best images + I wrote a Covering letter which was checked by my tutor Dafna Talmor according to spelling and grammar. Everyone helped me a lot.

I was one of the 10 shortlisted canidates for an interview with a photographer John Wright, art director from Condenast and Nikon representative.

I printed 12 images in size A4 and I took all my publications with me. I was really stressed but an interview was such a great experience for me. I got a lovely feedback about my works and what I should correct to be even more sucessful in the future.

Unfortunately I didn't win but I am really happy I was one of the best entrances and I got a possibility to meet John Wright. He is a lovely man and everything what he said was really useful for me.