Meet the Judges

Experimental Photographer

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"Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real." 
Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses 

Mark Tamer is an experimental photographer working with both analogue and digital mediums. Through his work he is looking to find a balance between chance and control, and between; construction and destruction, signal and noise and ultimately, life and death.

"I embrace the accidents and errors as they not only remind us how vulnerable and delicate we are, they can often show us something new. It is at the point of breakdown that the medium begins to reveal itself. Through glitches and mistakes we get to see the base elements, the very construction of the material that creates those illusions of reality, the apparatus of photography itself."

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marktamer.co.uk

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Landscape Photographer

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Daniel is an award-winning landscape photographer based in the beautiful coastal town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk. 

Nurtured by the gift of a camera from his father at a young age, Daniel has spent many years capturing the essence of this unique and charming county, and his work is often characterised by its delicate colour, exquisite detail, and evocative composition, offering a window into the soul of this beautiful coastal landscape.

Daniel's work has recently been featured in Outdoor Photography and Amateur Photographer magazine, along with Suffolk Magazine and other local publications. 

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danielianphotography.com

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Photo credit: Beckie Egan Photography

Photographer
 

Sarah Lucy Brown is a freelance photographer specialising in editorial, travel, events and PR. Sarah spent almost 20 years as a senior photographer for media group Archant, working for titles including the East Anglian Daily Times, Ipswich Star, Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News, as well as shooting features, food and interiors for Suffolk Magazine.

After completing a degree in Psychology and Art History in Cambridge she studied photography at London's Central St Martins. She is also a founding member of photo collective 24photography - a project created by 24 photographers to document the first 24 hours of each New Year, for 24 years. The group started in 2004 and has exhibited across London, including the fountains of Trafalgar Square, The SS Robin in Docklands, Greenwich Park and Berkeley Square, before returning to their spiritual home of Soho Square in 2014.

Sarah's photographs regularly appear in national newspapers and magazines and she has undertaken commissions by clients including Tatler, Channel 4, BBC and Jacobs Media Group.

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sarahlucybrown.com

Photographer & Educator

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Mikaela Rackham is a photographic artist and educator based in Suffolk and is the owner and founder of Illuminate and the Exposure project. 

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Mikaela studied Fine Art as her degree before completing an MA in photography with Falmouth University. Mikaela taught secondary school students art and photography for 8 years before opening Illuminate.  Mikaela continues to teach workshops at the studio or visits schools to teach alternative photographic processes, 

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Mikaela runs her own photography business photographing portraits, weddings and newborns and often exhibits her artwork at local galleries. Mikaela's personal work focuses on the human condition and our relationship with nature.

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mikaelajaderackham.com

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Photo credit: Kerry Mac Photography