Ian Parry was a talented photojournalist at the beginning of his career, when he was tragically killed whilst on assignment for The Sunday Times in December 1989. Ian was determined from an early age to pursue a serious career in newspaper photojournalism and joined the local Rhyl Journal as a trainee at the age of 16. After studying on Sheffield’s NCTJ course, he moved to London to secure his dream and joined The Sunday Times as a staff photographer. On one of his first major assignments to cover the war in Romania, the plane carrying him home crashed just after take off in bad weather.

The Ian Parry Scholarship was set up in his honour. Each year an international photographic competition is held for young photographers who are either attending a full-time photographic course or are under 24. Entrants must submit examples of their work from their portfolio and a brief synopsis of a project they would undertake if they won. The prize consists of £3000 towards their chosen assignment, £500 to those awarded Highly Commended and Commended.

An exhibition of the realised winning project plus a publication are realised as well.

Here’s a link to the application form .

Contact: Rebecca McClelland - Deputy Director, The Ian Parry Scholarship - rebecca@ianparry.org