PR Photographer London captures the Internet Explorer 8 Life Academy final, a national competition launched to give 18-25 year olds a chance to explore their future potential and win a £10,000 grant to make their socially responsible idea a reality. Shortlisted ideas included building schools in Kenya; flying old hospital equipment to Uganda; providing careers information for young people; creating green energy from footsteps or providing a politics platform for aspiring councillors. Twelve finalists were shortlisted on 15 June 2010 to pitch their idea to make the world a better place live in front of a high profile panel of judges consisting of figures from the business, online and media world including Professor Robert Winston, Professor of Science and Society at Imperial College London. Three finalists were picked on the day, each receiving a £10,000 grant to bring their ideas to life. The events took place at 3 Monkeys’ offices in Soho where I was required to take formal profile shots of all the candidates and judges as well as capture a series of photographs from all the presentations and capturing the responses from winning candidates for a feature in the Telegraph. The three shots featured in this post include a group photo of the candidates, the moment the good news was revealed to one of the winners and the three finalists which all appeared in the business supplement of the Daily Telegraph.
