Alumni Testimonials and Awards






Our students and alumni are celebrated within the photographic industry: working as photojournalists for the world’s most prestigious news agencies including Associated Press and Reuters, magazines like The New York Times, National Geographic and Time Magazine. Recently, Lua Ribeira gained a Magnum agency nomination (the only course in Europe to achieve this), Tobias Zielony represented Germany at the Venice Biennale and in the Deutsche Boerse award, Jack Latham won the Bar-Tur Photobook award, Sam Laughlin was a winner in the Jerwood/Photoworks Award and Leo Maguire won a Grierson Trust award for documentary film.

Our alumni have worked in all aspects of the industry: some have established galleries and photobook publishing companies, while others have founded printing and production facilities of the highest standard.

Among the many other successful photographers who have recently graduated are Ross Gardner, featured in Blurring the Lines European Photo Publication 2022; a selection of graduates featured in the Ffocws programme by Ffotogallery: Alice Durham, Ross Gardner, Laurie Broughton, and Billy Osborn; Curtis Hughes has earned a run of successive awards with the Portrait of Britain and Portrait of Humanity awards. Laurie Broughton also was featured in the Portrait of Britain award, and Alexander Komenda won third prize in the Taylor Wessing Portrait Award in 2023 (National Portrait Gallery).


TOP IN WALES FOR CAREER PROSPECTS IN FILM PRODUCTION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
- GUARDIAN LEAGUE TABLE 2022