The annual Ian Parry Scholarship and Award definitely had a Canadian connection for the past few years, but this year Canadians receive 2 of the 5 awards.
University of Wales, Newport student Ivor Prickett received this year's Ian Parry Scholarship for his work on war-displaced Serbian Croats returning to Croatia.
Runners up were Liz Rubincam (highly commended), Gareth Phillips (commended), Liz Hingley (commended) and Dominic Nahr (honorable mention).
Both Liz and Dominac are Ryerson Image Arts grads. Liz has spent the last year in New York studying at ICP.
The Ian Parry site lists the photographer links and will shortly showcase their winning stories.
The annual Ian Parry Scholarship awards £2,500 (about $5,080) to support the winner's project, plus £500 worth of vouchers to the winner and £250 (about $508) to runners up. Sponsors are The Sunday Times, Getty Images and Canon Europe.
The scholarship recognizes photographers who are under age 24 or attending a full-time photo program. It is named in honor of Ian Parry, photojournalist who died at age 24 while covering the 1989 Romanian revolution for The Sunday Times.
In 2006, Kitra Cahana (Montreal) received the "Highly Commended" award.
The 2005 Ian Parry Scholarship winner was Arantxa Cedillo, who is presently living and freelancing in Toronto.
