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Calat's aspiring photographers
cap another successful year
‘…almost half of all the
winning photos were
submitted by adult
learners studying with
Croydon Adult Learning
and Training…’
Croydon photography students have once
again swept the board at the annual City and
Guilds International Photographic Competition.
For the second year running, almost half
of all the winning photos were submitted by
adult learners studying with Croydon Adult
Learning and Training (Calat).
The first three places in the Level 1
category went to Balvinder Nagi, Hideko
Okuda-Overhoff and Rudolph Archer.
Anita Cottle's 'red flower' achieved third
place in the advanced Level 3 group.
Five other students collected runners-up
awards.
The winning pictures can be viewed here.
Balvinder's first-place entry captured a
young woman on a spring afternoon in
Leicester Square in difficult lighting conditions,
with the sun directly behind her. Hideko's
picture was a striking and intriguing image of a
carved watermelon, while Rudolf submitted a
lively shot of a funfair ride at dusk.
Photography is one of the most popular
subjects offered by Calat, and a new studio in
the recently refurbished Clocktower, in
Katharine Street, means that facilities are now
vastly improved.
There are seven different photographybased courses and sessions, ranging from
beginners to advanced, as well as including a
group that encourages former students to keep
practicing their skills with new assignments and
projects.