New College Lanarkshire Wins Big at the MPA Awards

That the Parliament congratulates photography students from New College Lanarkshire on capturing an incredible awards tally at the Master Photographers Association (MPA) Scottish Region Awards 2019; understands that the team of HNC and HND students from the Motherwell Campus received 14 Awards of Excellence, while Fabrizio Fella of Uddingston was named Student Photographer of the Year; notes that the 21 finalists from the college who were invited to attend the ceremony at the Grange Manor Hotel in Grangemouth also picked up 47 merits for their photographs; acknowledges that the MPA, which was established in 1952, is one of Britain’s longest-running associations for professional photographers and that this is only the second year that the Scottish Region Awards has featured a category for students attending colleges or universities in Scotland; notes that, in addition to winning the Student category for his photograph, Floral Princess, and an Award of Excellence for his image, Peaky Blinders: The boiler room, Fabrizio also took home eight merit certificates for his work; believes that awards such as the MPA Scottish Region Awards are important in recognising the exceptional talent of Scotland's photographers and in particular its students, not only in Lanarkshire but across the country, and wishes all the finalists and winners the very best of success for their futures.