A Salford Master’s student’s dissertation proved the inspiration for an astonishing wildlife photograph judged the best in 2015.
Graduate Barrie Williams scooped the British Wildlife Photography Award for 2015 with his stunning image of seabirds in Scotland.
Barrie’s shot ‘On the Edge’ of gannets in Shetland is a representation of a body of work which began as a dissertation project for his MA Wildlife Documentary Production at the University of Salford.
For his Masters’ project ‘Life on the Edge’ Barrie shot a short film about the breeding season of seabirds on Noss, which involved research, pitching, budgeting, scripting, risk assessment, filming, editing, and sound production.
Since graduating in 2014, Barrie has become a researcher at BBC Scotland’s Landward’ – a weekly magazine show covering rural, agricultural and conservation issues.
Barrie appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning (Mon, Sept 14) to talk about his image and the image and top images from the competition can be viewed at
The MA Wildlife Documentary Production Programme is jointly run by The School of Arts and Media and The School of Environment and Life Science.
Barrie’s website features some more stunning images of birds, insects, mammals, landscapes and more. Barriewilliams.com
